proverb · Legacy record
Mental punishment is a significant crime; however most of the time it goes unpunished.
Mental punishment is a significant crime; however most of the time it goes unpunished.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Mental punishment described as serious yet often unpunished draws attention to harm that may receive little recognition. The saying criticises a gap between injury and accountability.
What the words are saying
Crime here cannot establish a legal classification, frequency or individual guilt. A responsible editorial reading can consider psychological mistreatment without diagnosing a person or supplying a jurisdiction’s law. The exact historical context and intended category of punishment are unverified.
Everyday example
A reader takes a report of humiliating treatment seriously while asking what actually happened and what support is needed.
When to use it
Use it as a qualified concern about overlooked harm.
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What it does not mean
No legal offence, prevalence estimate or clinical diagnosis is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
India
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin.- Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 356; PDF page 36; collection label: India
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
- Culture
- India