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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.86

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 86

क्षतिपूरणदण्डःCompensation for harm

Verse 86

यो यत्परिमितानिष्टं कुर्यात्तत्सम्मितं धनम् । नृपतिर्दापयेत्तेन जनायाऽनिष्टभागिने ॥ ८६ ॥

yō yatparimitāniṣṭaṁ kuryāttatsammitaṁ dhanam | nṛpatirdāpayēttēna janāyā’niṣṭabhāginē || 86 ||

Translation

Whatever measured harm one does to another, the king should make him pay equal wealth to the one who suffered it.

Word by word

yaḥ
(yaḥ) who
yat
(yat) whatever
parimita
measured
aniṣṭaṁ
harm
kuryāt
does
tat
that
sammitaṁ
equal
dhanam
(dhanam) wealth
nṛpatiḥ
(nṛpatiḥ) the king
dāpayēt
should make pay
tēna
by him
janāya
to the one
aniṣṭa
harm
bhāginē
who suffered

Meaning

Restitution for harm.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

But what punishment is to be imposed on a man who does harm to others without any wrong (on their part)? To that he says "yaḥ" and the rest. Whatever measured harm a man does to anyone, the king should make him give to that person, the one who suffered the harm, wealth equal to it.