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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.117

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 117

मदमत्तानां दण्डःThe punishment of the drunken

Verse 117

निखिलानर्थयोग्यस्य पापिनः शिवघातिनः । दहेज्जिह्वां हरेदर्थान् ताड़येत्तं च पार्थिवः ॥ ११७ ॥

nikhilānarthayōgyasya pāpinaḥ śivaghātinaḥ | dahējjihvāṁ harēdarthān tāḍayēttaṁ ca pārthivaḥ || 117 ||

Translation

fit for every mischief, a sinner who wrecks what is good: the king should burn his tongue, take his wealth and beat him.

Word by word

nikhila
every
anartha
mischief
yōgyasya
fit for
pāpinaḥ
(pāpinaḥ) a sinner
śiva
good
ghātinaḥ
(ghātinaḥ) who wrecks
dahēt
(dahet) should burn
jihvāṁ
his tongue
harēt
(haret) take
arthān
his wealth
tāḍayēt
(tāḍayet) beat
taṁ
him
ca
and
pārthivaḥ
(pārthivaḥ) the king

Meaning

"Śivaghātin", the ṭīkā says, is one who violates Śiva's command or destroys his own good. These are the penalties of the Tantra's own ideal kingdom, given as the text states them; they describe its teaching, not any present law.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 116.