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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.79

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 79

राजद्रोहिहनने दण्डाभावःNo punishment for killing traitors

Verse 79

योद्धुमिच्छूः प्रजा राज्ञा शस्त्रिणः पान्थपीड़कान् । हत्वा नरपतिस्त्वेतान् नैव किल्विषभाग् भवेत् ॥ ७९ ॥

yōddhumicchūḥ prajā rājñā śastriṇaḥ pānthapīḍakān | hatvā narapatistvētān naiva kilviṣabhāg bhavēt || 79 ||

Translation

subjects who would fight the king, and armed men who prey on travellers: a king who kills these incurs no guilt.

Word by word

yōddhum
(yoddhum) to fight
icchūḥ
(icchūḥ) who would
prajāḥ
(prajāḥ) subjects
rājñā
with the king
śastriṇaḥ
(śastriṇaḥ) armed men
pāntha
travellers
pīḍakān
(pīḍakān) who prey on
hatvā
killing
narapatiḥ
(narapatiḥ) a king
tu
and
ētān
these
na
no
ēva
at all
kilviṣa
guilt
bhāg
incurs
bhavēt
is

Meaning

Rebels and highwaymen.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 78.