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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.27

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 27

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

Verse 27

न त्यजेत् पितरौ पुत्रो न त्यजेयुर्नृपं प्रजाः । न त्यजेत् स्वामिनं भार्या विना तानतिपापिनः ॥ २७ ॥

na tyajēt pitarau putrō na tyajēyurnṛpaṁ prajāḥ | na tyajēt svāminaṁ bhāryā vinā tānatipāpinaḥ || 27 ||

Translation

A son should not abandon his parents, nor subjects their king, nor a wife her husband, except those who are very great sinners.

Word by word

na
not
tyajēt
should abandon
pitarau
his parents
putraḥ
(putraḥ) a son
tyajēyuḥ
should abandon
nṛpaṁ
their king
prajāḥ
(prajāḥ) subjects
svāminaṁ
her husband
bhāryā
a wife
vinā
except
tān
those
atipāpinaḥ
very great sinners

Meaning

Loyalty binds, unless the one to whom it is owed is among the atipātakins defined next.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the dharma of wife, son and subjects with "na tyajet" and the rest. A son should not abandon his parents, mother and father; subjects should not abandon the king; a wife should not abandon her husband. But should not father and the rest be abandoned even if they are very great sinners? To that he says "vinā": except those who are very great sinners; if they are very great sinners they are to be abandoned: that is the sense.