Sutra 8
Devanagari script
यश्चैनान्दहेदपनयेद्वा स तमेव दण्डं लभेत साहसमुत्तमं वा ॥ कZ_०४.११.०८ ॥
Transliteration
yaś cainān dahed apanayed vā sa tam eva daṇḍaṃ labheta sāhasam uttamaṃ vā
Translation
Whoever burns them (e.g., destroys evidence/corpses) or removes them (e.g., helps them escape or disposes of them) shall receive the same punishment, or the highest sāhasa-penalty.
Word by Word
यःwho (whoever)
यः:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
एनान्these (persons/things)
एनान्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (एना-)
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन
दहेत्should burn
दहेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootदह्
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/विधि); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन
अपनयेत्should remove / carry away
अपनयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअप-नी
Formविधिलिङ्; परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्प-अव्यय
सःhe
सः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
तम्that
तम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन
एवindeed / only
एव:
TypeParticle
Rootएव
Formअवधारण-अव्यय
दण्डम्punishment / penalty
दण्डम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन
लभेतshould receive / incur
लभेत:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formविधिलिङ्; आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन
साहसम्(the penalty for) violent offence; sāhasa-penalty
साहसम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसाहस
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (दण्ड-विशेषणरूपेण)
उत्तमम्highest / most severe
उत्तमम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; साहसम् इति विशेषणम् (उत्तम-साहसम्)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्प-अव्यय
Entities Mentioned
A
accompliceH
harborerE
evidence destroyerS
state enforcementFAQs
To prevent networks of protection and obstruction that undermine enforcement; it raises the cost of complicity and improves conviction certainty.