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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.76

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 76

गुरुजनप्रहरणादौ दण्डःStriking gurus and the like

Verse 76

विप्रान् गुरूनवगुरेत् प्रहरेद् यो दुरासदः । धनादानाद्धस्तदाहात् क्रमतस्तं विशोधयेत् ॥ ७६ ॥

viprān gurūnavagurēt praharēd yō durāsadaḥ | dhanādānāddhastadāhāt kramatastaṁ viśōdhayēt || 76 ||

Translation

The violent man who threatens or strikes vipras or gurus the king should purify, in order, by fine and by burning the hand.

Word by word

viprān
vipras
gurūn
gurus
avagurēt
threatens
praharēd
(praharet) strikes
yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
durāsadaḥ
(durāsadaḥ) violent
dhana
wealth
ādānāt
(ādānāt) by taking
hasta
the hand
dāhāt
(dāhāt) by burning
kramataḥ
(kramataḥ) in order
taṁ
him
viśōdhayēt
should purify

Meaning

Threat: a fine; blow: the hand is burned.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells in order the expiation of one who raises a stick and the like to kill brāhmaṇas and gurus, and of one who strikes them, with "viprān" and the rest. The wicked (durāsada) man who threatens (avaguret, raises a stick or the like at) vipras and gurus to kill them, or strikes them: the king should purify him, in order, by taking his wealth and by burning his hand.