Sutra 7

Devanagari script

स चेत्तथा कुर्यादुपदाग्राहक इति प्रवास्येत ॥ कZ_०४.४.०७ ॥

Transliteration

sa cet tathā kuryād upadāgrāhaka iti pravāsyet ॥

Translation

If he acts accordingly (i.e., accepts/acts on the bribe), he should be banished as an “upadā-grāhaka” (bribe-taker).

Word by Word

• सः: he; that person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma-prātipadika; puṃliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana

• चेत्: if
• Type: Particle
• Root: चेत्
• Form: avyaya; conditional particle (yadi-artha)

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• Type: Adverb
• Root: तथा
• Form: avyaya; manner-adverb

• कुर्यात्: should do; would do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: parasmaipada; विधिलिङ् (optative); prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana; kartari; present-system (kṛ)

• उपदाग्राहकः: a bribe-taker; one who accepts a bribe
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: ग्रह् (√ग्रह्)
• Form: puṃliṅga; prathamā-vibhakti; ekavacana; upapada-tatpuruṣa: उपदं गृह्णाति इति; agentive sense

• इति: thus; as (being called)
• Type: Quotative particle
• Root: इति
• Form: avyaya; iti-śabda marking designation/quotation (‘as/that’)

• प्रवास्येत: should be banished; should be sent away (into exile)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वस् (वास्)
• Form: causative (ṇij) of √वस् with prefix प्र-; passive optative: प्रवास्येत = ‘should be caused to dwell away’ → ‘should be banished’; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana; विधिलिङ्; कर्मणि प्रयोग

Entities Mentioned

• upadāgrāhaka

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FAQs

Why banishment rather than only a fine?

Exile removes the corrupt actor from local networks and influence, disrupting collusion and signaling that office-holders who sell justice are unfit to remain within the polity’s administrative space.