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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.81

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 81

अनवधानमनुष्यवधे दण्डःDeath caused by carelessness

Verse 81

अयत्नपुंसः पशुना शस्त्रैर्वा म्रियते नरः । धनदण्डेन वा कायदमेनाऽस्य विशोधनम् ॥ ८१ ॥

ayatnapuṁsaḥ paśunā śastrairvā mriyatē naraḥ | dhanadaṇḍēna vā kāyadamēnā’sya viśōdhanam || 81 ||

Translation

If a man dies through the animal or the weapons of a careless man, the latter's purification is a fine or a bodily punishment.

Word by word

ayatna
careless
puṁsaḥ
(puṁsaḥ) of a man
paśunā
by the animal
śastraiḥ
(śastraiḥ) by weapons
vā
or
mriyatē
dies
naraḥ
(naraḥ) a man
dhana
money
daṇḍēna
by punishment
kāya
bodily
damēna
by punishment
asya
his
viśōdhanam
(viśodhanam) purification

Meaning

Negligence is liable.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But how is one purified through whose negligence a man dies by weapons and the like? To that he says "ayatna" and the rest. If a man dies by an animal, a cow, a horse and the like, or by weapons, swords and the like, belonging to a man without care (ayatna), careless: that man's purification is by a fine of wealth or by a bodily punishment.