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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.77

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 77

गुरुजनप्रहरणादौ दण्डःStriking gurus and the like

Verse 77

शस्त्रादिक्षतकायस्य षण्मासात् परतो मृतौ । प्रहर्त्ता दण्डनीयः स्याद् वधार्हो न हि भूभृतः ॥ ७७ ॥

śastrādikṣatakāyasya ṣaṇmāsāt paratō mṛtau | praharttā daṇḍanīyaḥ syād vadhārhō na hi bhūbhṛtaḥ || 77 ||

Translation

When a man wounded by a weapon dies after six months, the striker is to be punished, but does not deserve death from the king.

Word by word

śastra
by a weapon
ādi
or the like
kṣata
wounded
kāyasya
of one whose body
ṣaṇmāsāt
(ṣaṇmāsāt) six months
parataḥ
(parataḥ) after
mṛtau
on death
praharttā
the striker
daṇḍanīyaḥ
(daṇḍanīyaḥ) to be punished
syād
(syāt) is
vadha
death
arhaḥ
(arhaḥ) deserving
na
not
hi
indeed
bhūbhṛtaḥ
from the king

Meaning

Causation weakens with time.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that when a man whose body was wounded by a weapon dies after six months, the striker is to be punished but does not deserve death, with "śastrādi" and the rest. When a man whose body was wounded by a weapon or the like dies after six months, the striker is to be punished by the king (bhūbhṛt), but he does not deserve death.