Sutra 11

Devanagari script

महापशुमेकं दासं दासीं वापहरतः प्रेतभाण्डं वा विक्रीणानस्य द्विपादवधः षट्छतो वा दण्डः ॥ कZ_०४.१०.११ ॥

Transliteration

mahāpaśum ekaṃ dāsaṃ dāsīṃ vā apaharataḥ pretabhāṇḍaṃ vā vikrīṇānasya dvipādavadhaḥ ṣaṭchato vā daṇḍaḥ

Translation

Für den Diebstahl eines großen Tieres, oder die Entführung eines männlichen oder weiblichen Sklaven, oder den Verkauf von Gütern eines Verstorbenen (Grab-/Bestattungsgut) lautet die Strafe: Amputation beider Füße oder eine Geldbuße von sechshundert Paṇas.

Word by Word

• महापशुम्: a major (valuable) animal/cattle
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; महा-विशेषणपूर्वकः

• एकम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; महापशुम् इति विशेषणम्

• दासम्: a male slave
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन

• दासीम्: a female slave
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• अपहरतः: (two persons) stealing / carrying off
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-हृ
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा-द्विवचन (कर्तरि); धातु: हृ (हरणे) उपसर्ग: अप-; ‘(two persons) steal/carry off’

• प्रेतभाण्डम्: goods/property of a dead person
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; प्रेतस्य भाण्डम्

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• विक्रीणानस्य: of one who is selling
• Type: Verb (participial)
• Root: वि-√क्री
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (परस्मैपदी); षष्ठी-एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक-समर्थ; ‘of (one) selling’

• द्विपादवधः: killing of a biped (capital punishment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; द्विपादस्य वधः

• षट्छतः: six hundred (as fine amount)
• Type: Numeral (adjectival)
• Root: षट्शत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘six hundred’ (as amount of fine)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• दण्डः: punishment / fine
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• mahāpaśu (large livestock)
• dāsa
• dāsī
• pretabhāṇḍa (funerary goods)

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FAQs

Why is selling 'pretabhāṇḍa' treated alongside major theft?

It is both property crime and a socially destabilizing offense (profiting from death rites), so it is placed in a high-deterrence bracket to protect order and trust.