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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.88

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 88

चौर्यविशेषे दण्डविशेषःPunishments for kinds of theft

Verse 88

महिषाश्वगवादीनां रत्नादीनां तथा शिशोः । बलेनाऽपहृतां नृणां स्तेयिवद्विहितो दमः ॥ ८८ ॥

mahiṣāśvagavādīnāṁ ratnādīnāṁ tathā śiśōḥ | balēnā’pahṛtāṁ nṛṇāṁ stēyivadvihitō damaḥ || 88 ||

Translation

For men who carry off by force buffaloes, horses, cows and the like, gems and the like, or a child, the punishment is laid down as for a thief.

Word by word

mahiṣa
buffaloes
aśva
horses
gō
cows
ādīnāṁ
and the like
ratna
gems
tathā
or
śiśōḥ
(śiśoḥ) a child
balēna
by force
apahṛtāṁ
who carry off
nṛṇāṁ
for men
stēyivat
(steyivat) as for a thief
vihitaḥ
(vihitaḥ) is laid down
damaḥ
(damaḥ) the punishment

Meaning

Robbery and kidnapping are punished as theft.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Now he tells the punishment of one who carries off buffaloes, horses and the like by force, with "mahiṣa" and the rest. For men who carry off by force buffaloes, horses, cows and other animals, gems and the like, and a child, the punishment is laid down as for a thief.