Shiva Purana

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माध्यस्थेनापि निग्राह्यान्यो निगृह्णाति मार्गतः ॥ तस्याप्यवश्यं यत्किंचिन्नैर्घृण्यमनुवर्तते ॥ ३५ ॥

sanskrit

There is bound to be some ruthlessness in him who curbs or slays those worthy of it even by standing detached.

english translation

mAdhyasthenApi nigrAhyAnyo nigRhNAti mArgataH ॥ tasyApyavazyaM yatkiMcinnairghRNyamanuvartate ॥ 35 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/31/35

माध्यस्थेनापि निग्राह्यान्यो निगृह्णाति मार्गतः ॥ तस्याप्यवश्यं यत्किंचिन्नैर्घृण्यमनुवर्तते ॥ ३५ ॥

sanskrit

There is bound to be some ruthlessness in him who curbs or slays those worthy of it even by standing detached.

english translation

mAdhyasthenApi nigrAhyAnyo nigRhNAti mArgataH ॥ tasyApyavazyaM yatkiMcinnairghRNyamanuvartate ॥ 35 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript