Sutra 11
Devanagari script
कृतकाभियुक्तो वा कूटसाक्षिणोऽभिज्ञातानर्थवैपुल्येनारभेत ॥ कZ_०४.४.११ ॥
Transliteration
kṛtakābhiyukto vā kūṭasākṣiṇo'bhijñātān arthavaipulyenārabheta
Translation
Alternatively, one who has been set up as an accused person should initiate proceedings against identified false witnesses by offering them a large inducement (to elicit their complicity).
Word by Word
कृतकाभियुक्तःa person accused on a fabricated charge
कृतकाभियुक्तः:
TypeNoun (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootअभि-युज्
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः) ‘अभियुक्त’
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्
कूटसाक्षिणःfalse witnesses
कूटसाक्षिणः:
TypeNoun
Rootसाक्षिन्
Formपुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; ‘कूट’ उपपदपूर्वकः
अभिज्ञातान्identified / recognized
अभिज्ञातान्:
TypeNoun (past passive participle used adjectivally)
Rootअभि-ज्ञा
Formपुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः) ‘अभिज्ञात’
अर्थवैपुल्येनby (their) affluence/wealth
अर्थवैपुल्येन:
TypeNoun
Rootवैपुल्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-एकवचनम्; करण/हेतौ प्रयोगः
आरभेतshould proceed / should initiate (action)
आरभेत:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-रभ्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; लोट्/विध्यर्थः—‘should undertake/should proceed’
Entities Mentioned
K
kūṭasākṣi (false witness)K
kṛtakābhiyukta (decoy accused)S
state agent (implied investigative apparatus)FAQs
A controlled inducement: using a decoy accused to offer money so that false witnesses reveal willingness to perjure themselves, enabling legal action.