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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.118

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 118

मदमत्तानां दण्डःThe punishment of the drunken

Verse 118

विचलत्पादवाक्पाणिं भ्रान्तमुन्मत्तमुद्धतम् । तमुग्रं यातयेद्राजा द्रविणं चाहरेत्ततः ॥ ११८ ॥

vicalatpādavākpāṇiṁ bhrāntamunmattamuddhatam | tamugraṁ yātayēdrājā draviṇaṁ cāharēttataḥ || 118 ||

Translation

One whose feet, speech and hands falter, bewildered, crazed, unruly and violent, the king should chastise and then fine.

Word by word

vicalat
(vicalat) faltering
pāda
feet
vāk
speech
pāṇiṁ
hands
bhrāntam
(bhrāntam) bewildered
unmattam
(unmattam) crazed
uddhatam
(uddhatam) unruly
tam
(tam) him
ugraṁ
violent
yātayēt
(yātayet) should chastise
rājā
the king
draviṇaṁ
wealth
ca
and
āharēt
(āharet) take
tataḥ
(tataḥ) then

Meaning

The disorderly drunkard.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of one maddened by drink who staggers and the like, with "vicalat" and the rest. The man whose feet, speech and hands falter, confused, crazed (unmatta), unruly, fierce, violent: the king should afflict him and then take his wealth.