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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 11.93

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Ullāsa 11 · Verse 93

ग्राह्याग्राह्यसाक्ष्यनिरूपणम्Which testimony is accepted

Verse 93

देशतः कालतो वापि तथा विषयतः प्रिये । परस्परमयुक्तञ्चेद् अग्राह्यं साक्षिणां वचः ॥ ९३ ॥

dēśataḥ kālatō vāpi tathā viṣayataḥ priyē | parasparamayuktañcēd agrāhyaṁ sākṣiṇāṁ vacaḥ || 93 ||

Translation

If witnesses disagree with one another in place, time or matter, beloved, their words are not to be accepted.

Word by word

dēśataḥ
(deśataḥ) in place
kālataḥ
(kālataḥ) in time
vā
or
api
also
tathā
and
viṣayataḥ
(viṣayataḥ) in matter
priyē
O beloved
parasparam
(parasparam) with one another
ayuktaṁ
disagreeing
cēt
if
agrāhyaṁ
not to be accepted
sākṣiṇāṁ
of witnesses
vacaḥ
(vacaḥ) words

Meaning

Inconsistent testimony fails.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

He says that the words of witnesses that disagree with one another in place and the rest are not authoritative, with "deśataḥ" and the rest. O beloved, if the words of the witnesses disagree with one another, are not consistent, in place, in time (day, watch and the rest) or in matter (the thing concerned), then they are not to be accepted.