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चौरापराधान्माण्डव्यनिग्रहन्यायः (caurAparAdhAnmANDavyanigrahanyAyaH)

 
लौकिकन्यायः
English
भेदवादिनं प्रति इमानि दूषणान्युद्धुष्यन्ते किं वा धर्मिभेदवादिनं प्रति। प्रथमे चौरापराधान्माण्डव्यनिग्रहन्यायापातः। --सर्वदर्शनसङ्ग्रह, पृ० 73
सा० 123
This maxim alludes to a legend. Once some thieves stole some precious articles from the royal palace. The police began to chase them. Being afraid of the royal police, they threw away those things near the sage Māṇḍavya who was silently practising penance. The police thought that the sage had stolen the things and produced the sage before the king who sentenced him to death. This maxim tells that even good and innocent persons suffer, owing to the cruel deeds of the wicked.