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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.85

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 85

सन्तानविक्रयादौ दण्डःSelling one's children and the like

Verse 85

मिथ्यापवादव्याजेन परानिष्टं चिकीर्षवः । यथापवादं ते शास्या धर्मज्ञेन महीभृता ॥ ८५ ॥

mithyāpavādavyājēna parāniṣṭaṁ cikīrṣavaḥ | yathāpavādaṁ tē śāsyā dharmajñēna mahībhṛtā || 85 ||

Translation

Those who seek to harm others under pretext of false accusation are to be punished by the king who knows dharma, according to the accusation.

Word by word

mithyā
false
apavāda
accusation
vyājēna
under pretext
para
others
aniṣṭaṁ
harm
cikīrṣavaḥ
(cikīrṣavaḥ) who seek
yathāpavādaṁ
according to the accusation
tē
they
śāsyāḥ
(śāsyāḥ) are to be punished
dharmajñēna
who knows dharma
mahībhṛtā
by the king

Meaning

Slander is punished in proportion to the charge made.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of those who desire to harm others under pretext of false accusation, with "mithyā" and the rest. People who wish to do harm to others, unwanted by others, under pretext (vyāja) of false accusation (mithyāpavāda), untrue blame: they are to be punished by the king who knows dharma according to the accusation: for a heavy accusation a heavy punishment, for a light accusation a light punishment is to be imposed: that is the sense.