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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.26

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 26

लघुगुरुपापयोरपि विपरीतदण्डविधाने हेतुःWhy light and heavy sins may receive the reverse punishment

Verse 26

न्यायं दण्डं प्रसादं च विचार्य सचिवैः सह । यो न कुर्यान्महीपालः स महापातकी भवेत् ॥ २६ ॥

nyāyaṁ daṇḍaṁ prasādaṁ ca vicārya sacivaiḥ saha | yō na kuryānmahīpālaḥ sa mahāpātakī bhavēt || 26 ||

Translation

A ruler who does not decide justice, punishment and favour after deliberating with his ministers becomes a great sinner.

Word by word

nyāyaṁ
justice
daṇḍaṁ
punishment
prasādaṁ
favour
ca
and
vicārya
deliberating
sacivaiḥ
(sacivaiḥ) with ministers
saha
with
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
na
not
kuryāt
does
mahīpālaḥ
(mahīpālaḥ) a ruler
saḥ
(saḥ) he
mahāpātakī
a great sinner
bhavēt
becomes

Meaning

The king must take counsel.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells that a king who imposes punishment and the rest without deliberating with his ministers is a great sinner, with "nyāyam" and the rest. The ruler of the earth who does not, after deliberating with his counsellors (saciva), his ministers, decide justice, punishment and favour, becomes a great sinner.