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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.119

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 119

क्षत्रियकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the kṣatriya

Verse 119

न्यायं युद्धं तथा सन्धिं कर्माण्यन्यानि यानि च । मन्त्रिभिः सह कुर्वीत विचार्य सर्वथा नृपः ॥ ११९ ॥

nyāyaṁ yuddhaṁ tathā sandhiṁ karmāṇyanyāni yāni ca | mantribhiḥ saha kurvīta vicārya sarvathā nṛpaḥ || 119 ||

Translation

Justice, war and peace, and whatever other acts there are, the king should do with his ministers, after full deliberation.

Word by word

nyāyaṁ
justice
yuddhaṁ
war
tathā
and
sandhiṁ
peace
karmāṇi
(karmāṇi) acts
anyāni
other
yāni
whatever
ca
and
mantribhiḥ
his ministers
saha
with
kurvīta
should do
vicārya
after deliberation
sarvathā
full
nṛpaḥ
the king

Meaning

Government by counsel: the king decides nothing of weight alone. Judgment, war, peace and other affairs of state are to be weighed with his ministers (mantrin).

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 117.