Sutra 10

Devanagari script

कृतलक्षणद्रव्यक्रयविक्रयाधानेषु योगसुरामत्तान्वा ग्राहयेयुः ॥ कZ_०४.५.१० ॥

Transliteration

kṛtalakṣaṇadravyakrayavikrayādhāneṣu yogasurāmattān vā grāhayeyuḥ

Translation

In the buying, selling, and pawning/pledging of marked goods, they should have arrested those caught in collusion or those intoxicated with liquor (i.e., made vulnerable and caught in the act).

Word by Word

• कृतलक्षणद्रव्यक्रयविक्रयाधानेषु: in matters of transactions involving marked/identified goods—purchase, sale, and deposit/pledging
• Type: Noun (compound, locative plural)
• Root: कृ (कृत), लक्षण, द्रव्य, √क्री (क्रय), √क्री (विक्रय), √धा (आधान)
• Form: सप्तमी-बहुवचनम्; आधाराधिकरणे (—‘in/with regard to’); समासः: कृत-लक्षण- द्रव्य-क्रय-विक्रय-आधान- (विषयेषु)

• योगसुरामत्तान्: (use) decoys and intoxicated persons (as agents/witnesses)
• Type: Noun (compound, accusative plural)
• Root: योग, सुरा, √मद् (मत्त)
• Form: द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; ‘योग’ + ‘सुरा-मत्त’ (सुरया मत्त) इति समासः; कर्मपद (whom to be made to apprehend)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम् (‘or/alternatively’)

• ग्राहयेयुः: they should cause (them) to be apprehended / have them arrested
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (ग्रहण)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative) ‘ग्राहय-’; विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे लिङ्, परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः बहुवचनम्; अर्थः—‘कारयेरन्/ग्रहणं कारयेरन्’

Entities Mentioned

• market actors (buyers/sellers/pawnbrokers)
• collusive networks (yoga)
• intoxicated offenders

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FAQs

Why target purchase/sale/pawn transactions?

These are the conversion points where theft becomes profit; monitoring them exposes fences, accomplices, and the distribution network.

What does 'yoga' imply in this policing context?

A coordinated nexus—accomplices acting together (thief–fence–facilitator) that can be legally and operationally targeted.