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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.82

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 82

कुलाचारदूषकानां दण्डःThe punishment of those who corrupt kula conduct

Verse 82

बहिर्मुखान्नृपाज्ञासु नृपाग्रे प्रौढ़वादिनः । दूषकान् कुलधर्माणां शास्याद्राजा विगर्हितान् ॥ ८२ ॥

bahirmukhānnṛpājñāsu nṛpāgrē prauḍhavādinaḥ | dūṣakān kuladharmāṇāṁ śāsyādrājā vigarhitān || 82 ||

Translation

Those who disregard the king's commands, who speak arrogantly before him, and who corrupt the kula dharmas, the blameworthy, the king should punish.

Word by word

bahirmukhān
(bahirmukhān) who disregard
nṛpa
the king
ājñāsu
commands
agrē
before
prauḍhavādinaḥ
(prauḍhavādinaḥ) who speak arrogantly
dūṣakān
who corrupt
kula
kula
dharmāṇāṁ
the dharmas
śāsyāt
should punish
rājā
the king
vigarhitān
the blameworthy

Meaning

Corrupting the kula way is a public offence.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that the king should punish those who disobey his command, those who speak arrogantly before him, and those who corrupt the kula dharmas, with "bahiḥ" and the rest. Those who turn away from the king's commands, who transgress them; those who speak arrogantly (prauḍha) before the king; and those who corrupt the kula dharmas, the blameworthy, censured: these the king should punish.