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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.127

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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 127

क्षत्रियकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the kṣatriya

Verse 127

नैकस्मिन् विश्वसेद्राजा नैकं न्याये नियोजयेत् । साम्यं क्रीडोपहासञ्च नीचैः सह विवर्जयेत् ॥ १२७ ॥

naikasmin viśvasēdrājā naikaṁ nyāyē niyōjayēt | sāmyaṁ krīḍōpahāsañca nīcaiḥ saha vivarjayēt || 127 ||

Translation

The king should not trust one man alone, nor appoint one man alone to judgment; and he should avoid familiarity, play and jesting with the base.

Word by word

na
not
ēkasmin
(ekasmin) in one man
viśvasēd
(viśvaset) should trust
rājā
the king
ēkaṁ
one man
nyāyē
to judgment
niyōjayēt
appoint
sāmyaṁ
familiarity
krīḍā
play
upahāsañ
(upahāsam) jesting
ca
and
nīcaiḥ
the base
saha
with
vivarjayēt
he should avoid

Meaning

No single confidant and no single judge: power and judgment are to be shared. And the dignity of the office is to be kept: no levity with low company.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

See the commentary on verse 125.