aja kripaniya nyay |अजा कृपाणीयन्याय
aja kripaniya nyay (Devanagari: अजा कृपाणीयन्याय ISO15919: ajā kr̥pāṇiyanyāya) is another rule in the book of rules called Nyay Shastra.
Word by word these are the synonyms
aja = goat | kripaniya = sword | nyay = rule
It simply means when ill fate has to befall a person then such events happen which cannot even be conceived in advance. Yet, with the chain of events the person gets harmed and no one can be blamed for it.
A goat was tied to a stake. Someone let the goat free to graze. Goat was going around in search of grass. It strolled into a verandah. A sword was hung on the wall of the verandah. A bird was hopping on it. Every time the bird hopped the sword slipped a little. As the goat went under it the bird hopped one more time and the sword fell. The edge of the sword hit the goat and slit its throat.
In such a situation no one can be held responsible for the death of the goat. Such instances are called aja kripaniya nyay.
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