Sutra 4

Devanagari script

तच्चेन्निवेदितमासाद्य प्रच्छादयेयुः साचिव्यकरदोषमाप्नुयुः ॥ कZ_०४.६.०४ ॥

Transliteration

tac cen niveditam āsādya pracchādayeyuḥ sācivyakaradoṣam āpnuyuḥ

Translation

If, after receiving such notice, they conceal it, they incur an offense equivalent to being an accomplice (sācivya-kara-doṣa).

Word by Word

• तत्: that (matter/thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (सन्दर्भतः ‘तत्’ = ‘that (matter)’ )

• चेत्: if
• Type: Particle
• Root: चेत्
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (if)

• निवेदितम्: (when it has been) reported / informed
• Type: Participle
• Root: नि+विद् (वेदने/ज्ञापने)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘having been reported/informed’

• आसाद्य: having reached / having obtained
• Type: Gerund
• Root: आ+सद् (गत्युपसर्गेण ‘approach/attain’)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having reached/approached/obtained’

• प्रच्छादयेयुः: they should conceal / would conceal
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+छाद् (आवरणे)
• Form: तिङन्त; विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; causative (णिच्) भावः—‘cause to be concealed’

• साचिव्यकरदोषम्: the fault/offence connected with the duties of a minister/secretariat
• Type: Noun
• Root: साचिव्य-कर-दोष
• Form: समास; पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया; विग्रहः—साचिव्यस्य करः (कर्तव्यं/कार्यं) तस्मिन् दोषः / साचिव्य-कर-सम्बद्धः दोषः

• आप्नुयुः: they would incur / would be liable to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (प्राप्तौ)
• Form: तिङन्त; विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; ‘would incur/attain’

Entities Mentioned

• dealers/traders
• accomplice/abettor (legal category)

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FAQs

What compliance mechanism is being created for merchants?

A legal duty to cooperate with recovery; concealment converts a merchant into an abettor, raising the cost of collusion.