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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.143

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 143

मृगयायां वैधपशुवधे दोषाभावःNo fault in lawful killing in the hunt

Verse 143

देवोद्देशं विना भद्रे हिंसां सर्वत्र वर्जयेत् । कृतायां वैधहिंसायां नरः पापैर्न लिप्यते ॥ १४३ ॥

dēvōddēśaṁ vinā bhadrē hiṁsāṁ sarvatra varjayēt | kṛtāyāṁ vaidhahiṁsāyāṁ naraḥ pāpairna lipyatē || 143 ||

Translation

Apart from offering to a god, good lady, avoid harm everywhere; in harm done by rule a man is not stained by sin.

Word by word

dēva
a god
uddēśaṁ
offering to
vinā
apart from
bhadrē
O good lady
hiṁsāṁ
harm
sarvatra
everywhere
varjayēt
avoid
kṛtāyāṁ
done
vaidha
by rule
hiṁsāyāṁ
in harm
naraḥ
(naraḥ) a man
pāpaiḥ
(pāpaiḥ) by sin
na
not
lipyatē
is stained

Meaning

Ahiṁsā is the rule; ritual sacrifice by rule is the exception.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now, since killing not by rule produces sin, he says in half a verse, "deva" and the rest, that it is not to be done. O Bhadrā, maker of good, without an act directed to a deity one should avoid killing everywhere. Since killing by rule does not produce sin, he says in the other half, "kṛtāyām", that it may be done: when killing by rule (vaidha-hiṁsā) is done, a man is not stained by sins.