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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.18

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 18

राजदण्डविधिःThe rule of the king's punishment

Verse 18

तत्रादौ कथयाम्याद्ये नृपशासननिर्णयम् । यल्लङ्घनान्महेशानि राजा यात्यधमां गतिम् ॥ १८ ॥

tatrādau kathayāmyādyē nṛpaśāsananirṇayam | yallaṅghanānmahēśāni rājā yātyadhamāṁ gatim || 18 ||

Translation

First, O Ādyā, I tell you the rule of the king's punishment, by transgressing which, Maheśānī, a king goes to the lowest state.

Word by word

tatra
of these
ādau
first
kathayāmi
I tell
ādyē
O Ādyā
nṛpa
of the king
śāsana
punishment
nirṇayam
(nirṇayam) the rule
yat
(yat) which
laṅghanāt
(laṅghanāt) by transgressing
mahēśāni
O Maheśānī
rājā
a king
yāti
goes
adhamāṁ
to the lowest
gatim
state

Meaning

The king is bound by the law he administers.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now, about to tell the rule of the king's punishment, he tells that a king who transgresses it goes to hell, with "tatrādau" and the rest. O Ādyā, O Maheśānī, of the two, expiation and the king's punishment, I first tell the rule of the king's punishment, by transgressing which a king goes to the lowest state.