Shameless (Books)
Srimad-Bhagavatam
SB Canto 1
A cruel and wretched person who maintains his existence at the cost of others' lives deserves to be killed for his own well-being, otherwise he will go down by his own actions.
A life for a life is just punishment for a person who cruelly and shamelessly lives at the cost of another's life. Political morality is to punish a person by a death sentence in order to save a cruel person from going to hell. That a murderer is condemned to a death sentence by the state is good for the culprit because in his next life he will not have to suffer for his act of murder. Such a death sentence for the murderer is the lowest possible punishment offered to him, and it is said in the smṛti-śāstras that men who are punished by the king on the principle of a life for a life are purified of all their sins, so much so that they may be eligible for being promoted to the planets of heaven.
Page Title: | Shameless (Books) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, RupaManjari |
Created: | 09 of Dec, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=34, CC=5, OB=10, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 49 |