Sutra 32
Devanagari script
मा कार्षीः इति प्रतिषेधः ॥ कZ_०२.१०.३२ ॥
Transliteration
mā kārṣīḥ iti pratiṣedhaḥ
Translation
“Do not do (it),” — this is prohibition (a negative injunction).
Word by Word
माdo not; let not
मा:
TypeParticle
Rootमा
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्; लोट्/विधिलिङ्-आदेशे विशेषतः प्रयुज्यते (prohibitive particle)
कार्षीः(you) should do / would do (here: ‘do’ under prohibition → ‘do not do’)
कार्षीः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formलुङ् (आशीर्लिङ्/benedictive aorist), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; निषेधार्थे ‘मा’ सह—‘do not do’
इतिthus; ‘…’ (quoting marker)
इति:
TypeParticle
Rootइति
Formउद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्ययम्; quoted-speech marker
प्रतिषेधःprohibition; forbidding (statement)
प्रतिषेधः:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रतिषिध्
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; भाववाचक-नाम (action/act of forbidding)
FAQs
Refusal denies a request; prohibition blocks an action and functions as a directive to prevent misconduct or harm.