Shloka 9

Determination of Expiations for Sexual Transgressions and Improper Associations

Devanagari script

गुरुपत्नीं मातुलानीं भ्रातुर्भार्यां स्वगोत्रजाम् । यदि गच्छति मोहेन प्राजापत्यद्वयं चरेत्

Transliteration

gurupatnīṃ mātulānīṃ bhrāturbhāryāṃ svagotrajām | yadi gacchati mohena prājāpatyadvayaṃ caret

Translation

หากชายผู้ใดหลงผิดไปมีความสัมพันธ์กับภรรยาของครู ภรรยาของลุงฝ่ายมารดา ภรรยาของพี่น้อง หรือหญิงในตระกูลของตน เขาควรบำเพ็ญตบะปชาบดีสองครั้ง

Word by Word

• गुरुपत्नीम्: the teacher’s wife
• गुरुपत्नीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गुरोः पत्नी’

• मातुलानीम्: maternal uncle’s wife
• मातुलानीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुलानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भ्रातुः: of (one’s) brother
• भ्रातुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भार्याम्: wife
• भार्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वगोत्रजाम्: a woman of one’s own gotra
• स्वगोत्रजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √जन्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘स्वगोत्रे जाता’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Logical connector (शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• गच्छति: goes (to) / has intercourse with
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मोहेन: through delusion
• मोहेन: Karana/Hetu (Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राजापत्यद्वयम्: two Prājāpatya penances
• प्राजापत्यद्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राजापत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘द्वयं प्राजापत्यम्’

• चरेत्: should undertake
• चरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Not explicitly stated in the provided excerpt (contextual narrator/teacher voice in a dharma-prāyaścitta section)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: भ्रातुर्भार्यां = भ्रातुः + भार्याम्; प्राजापत्यद्वयं = प्राजापत्य + द्वयम्.

FAQs

What is the main ethical teaching of this verse?

It identifies certain relationships as strictly prohibited and prescribes a specific expiation (double Prājāpatya) if one violates them due to delusion.

What does “svagotrajā” imply in dharma literature?

It refers to a woman of the same gotra (lineage-clan identifier), indicating an incest-like prohibition within one’s own lineage group.

What is meant by “prājāpatyadvaya” here?

It means performing the Prājāpatya penance twice (a doubled form of the expiation), indicating greater seriousness for the listed transgressions.