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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.83

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 83

कुलाचारदूषकानां दण्डःThe punishment of those who corrupt kula conduct

Verse 83

स्थाप्यापहारिणं क्रूरं वञ्चकं भेदकारिणम् । विवादयन्तं लोकांश्च देशान्निर्यापयेन्नृपः ॥ ८३ ॥

sthāpyāpahāriṇaṁ krūraṁ vañcakaṁ bhēdakāriṇam | vivādayantaṁ lōkāṁśca dēśānniryāpayēnnṛpaḥ || 83 ||

Translation

One who steals a deposit, the cruel, the deceiver, the one who sows division, and one who sets people quarrelling, the king should banish.

Word by word

sthāpya
a deposit
apahāriṇaṁ
who steals
krūraṁ
the cruel
vañcakaṁ
the deceiver
bhēda
division
kāriṇam
(kāriṇam) who sows
vivādayantaṁ
who sets quarrelling
lōkāṁś
(lokān) people
ca
and
dēśāt
(deśāt) from the country
niryāpayēt
should banish
nṛpaḥ
(nṛpaḥ) the king

Meaning

Exile for those who undermine trust and peace.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he says that the king should drive out of his country those who steal deposits and the like, with "sthāpya" and the rest. One who steals a deposit (sthāpya, nyāsa), who is cruel, hard or pitiless, a deceiver, one who sows division, and one who sets people quarrelling: the king should drive them out of the country, expel them.