Sutra 3

Devanagari script

पाशजालकूटावपातेषु बद्धानां मृगपशुपक्षिव्यालमत्स्यानामादाने तच्च तावच्च दण्डः ॥ कZ_०४.१०.०३ ॥

Transliteration

pāśajālakūṭāvapāteṣu baddhānāṃ mṛgapaśupakṣivyālamatsyānām ādāne tacca tāvacca daṇḍaḥ

Translation

For taking deer, domestic animals, birds, wild beasts, or fish that have been caught in snares, nets, or concealed pits, the penalty is the same (as the corresponding theft penalty) and in the same amount.

Word by Word

• पाश: noose, snare
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• जाल: net
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• कूट: deceptive device, contrivance
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूट
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• अवपातेषु: in pitfalls, in trap-pits
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवपात
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन

• बद्धानाम्: of those that are bound/caught
• Type: Participle
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); षष्ठी बहुवचन; (सम्बन्धे)

• मृग: deer; wild game
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• पशु: animal, cattle
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• पक्षि: bird
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग); प्रातिपदिक रूप ‘पक्षि’

• व्याल: wild beast; serpent, predator
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• मत्स्यानाम्: of fishes
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन

• आदाने: in the taking/seizing (of them)
• Type: Verbal noun (action noun)
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (लोके/विषये)

• तत्: that; for that (offence)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; (अनुवादक/सम्बन्धसूचक)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• तावच्च: and so much; to that extent (equivalently)
• Type: Particle
• Root: तावत् + च
• Form: अव्यय; प्रमाण/परिमाणार्थक + समुच्चय

• दण्डः: the penalty; fine
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• pāśa (snare)
• jāla (net)
• āvapāta (pit trap)
• mṛga
• paśu
• pakṣi
• vyāla
• matsya

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FAQs

What is the policy rationale for punishing the taking of trapped animals like theft?

The state recognizes the captor’s investment (equipment, effort, risk) as creating a property claim; unauthorized taking is treated as direct appropriation of another’s productive labor.