Sutra 20
परस्य भार्यां कन्यां वित्तं वापहरन्तं शवित्तं वापहरन्तं शङ्कितमाविग्नमुद्भाण्डीकृतं महाभाण्डेन मूर्ध्नि भारेणावच्छादयन्तं सद्योगृहीतलिङ्गिनमलिङ्गिनं वा प्रव्रजितमलक्ष्यव्याधितं भयविकारिणं गूढसारभाण्डशासनशस्त्राग्नियोगं विषहस्तं दीर्घपथिकममुद्रं चोपग्राहयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२८.२० ॥
parasya bhāryāṃ kanyāṃ vittaṃ vāpaharantaṃ śa-vittaṃ vāpaharantaṃ śaṅkitam āvignam udbhāṇḍīkṛtaṃ mahābhāṇḍena mūrdhni bhāreṇāvacchādayantaṃ sadyogṛhīta-liṅginam aliṅginaṃ vā pravrajitam alakṣya-vyādhitaṃ bhaya-vikāriṇaṃ gūḍha-sāra-bhāṇḍa-śāsana-śastra-agniyogaṃ viṣa-hastaṃ dīrgha-pathikam amudraṃ copagrāhayet
He shall detain: one abducting another’s wife or daughter, or stealing wealth; one suspected, agitated, or behaving evasively; one concealing goods by covering them with a large load on the head; a person who has only just assumed the marks of an ascetic (or bears no such marks though claiming the role); one posing as a renunciant, an indistinctly “sick” person, or one showing fear-induced abnormality; one carrying concealed valuables, forged/hidden orders, weapons, incendiary devices, poison in hand; a long-distance traveller without a seal-pass; and similar suspicious persons.
FAQs
Long-distance movement without an official seal-pass is treated as a high-risk indicator for crime, espionage, or contraband.
Abduction, theft, forged orders, concealed valuables, weapons, arson implements, and poison—i.e., both criminal and political-security threats.