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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.73

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 73

मनुष्यवधे दण्डविधिःThe punishment of homicide

Verse 73

स्वतो वा परतो वापि वधोपायं प्रकुर्वतः । अज्ञानवधिनां दण्डो विहितस्तस्य पापिनः ॥ ७३ ॥

svatō vā paratō vāpi vadhōpāyaṁ prakurvataḥ | ajñānavadhināṁ daṇḍō vihitastasya pāpinaḥ || 73 ||

Translation

For the sinner who, himself or through another, devises the means of killing, the punishment of those who kill unknowingly is laid down.

Word by word

svataḥ
(svataḥ) himself
vā
or
parataḥ
(parataḥ) through another
api
also
vadha
of killing
upāyaṁ
the means
prakurvataḥ
(prakurvataḥ) who devises
ajñāna
unknowingly
vadhināṁ
of those who kill
daṇḍaḥ
(daṇḍaḥ) the punishment
vihitaḥ
(vihitaḥ) is laid down
tasya
for him
pāpinaḥ
(pāpinaḥ) the sinner

Meaning

Conspiracy to kill, short of killing, is punished like manslaughter.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of one who devises the means of killing a man, by himself or through another, with "svataḥ" and the rest. For the sinner who devises the means of killing, by himself or through another, the punishment laid down is that of those who kill unknowingly.