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Mahānirvāṇa Tantra 8.130

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Ullāsas
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Ullāsa 8 · Verse 130

क्षत्रियकर्त्तव्यानिThe duties of the kṣatriya

Verse 130

क्रोधाद्दम्भात् प्रमादाद्वा सम्मानं शासनं तथा । सहसा नैव कर्त्तव्यं स्वामिना तत्त्वदर्शिना ॥ १३० ॥

krōdhāddambhāt pramādādvā sammānaṁ śāsanaṁ tathā | sahasā naiva karttavyaṁ svāminā tattvadarśinā || 130 ||

Translation

Out of anger, pride or carelessness, a lord who sees the truth should never honour or punish in haste.

Word by word

krōdhād
(krodhāt) out of anger
dambhāt
pride
pramādād
(pramādāt) carelessness
vā
or
sammānaṁ
honour
śāsanaṁ
punishment
tathā
or
sahasā
in haste
na
not
ēva
ever
karttavyaṁ
should be given
svāminā
by a lord
tattva
the truth
darśinā
who sees

Meaning

Rewards and punishments must never be given hastily. The commentary glosses "dambha" here as the eagerness of mind that kingship and the like give rise to. It reads verses 130 and 131 together.

Commentary

Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated

Dambhāt: from the eagerness of mind that kingship and the like give rise to. (This explanation covers verses 130 and 131.)