Sutra 13
Devanagari script
मातृपितृपुत्रभ्रात्राचार्यतपस्विघातकं वात्वग्शिरःप्रादीपिकं घातयेत् ॥ कZ_०४.११.१३ ॥
Transliteration
mātṛpitṛputrabhrātrācāryatapasvighātakaṃ vā tvagśiraḥprādīpikaṃ ghātayet
Translation
जो अपनी माता, पिता, पुत्र, भाई, आचार्य या तपस्वी की हत्या करे—या त्वचा और सिर से ‘दीपक’ (प्रदीपिका) बनाए—उसे मृत्यु-दण्ड दिया जाए।
Word by Word
मातृपितृपुत्रभ्रात्राचार्यतपस्विघातकम्a killer of (one’s) mother, father, son, brother, teacher, or an ascetic
मातृपितृपुत्रभ्रात्राचार्यतपस्विघातकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootघातक (from √हन्)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; समासः—मातृ/पितृ/पुत्र/भ्रातृ/आचार्य/तपस्विन्-घातकः = ‘एतेषां घातकः’
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (either/or)
त्वक्शिरःप्रादीपिकम्the ‘skin-and-head’ burning/torching punishment (a severe torture/penalty)
त्वक्शिरःप्रादीपिकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रादीपिक (from pra-√दीप)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; समासार्थः—त्वक्-शिरः-प्रादीपिकम् = ‘त्वचं शिरश्च प्रदीपयति/दीपयति इति’ (त्वक्शिरसोः प्रदीपनं/दीपन-प्रकारः)
घातयेत्should cause to be killed / should have executed
घातयेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (causative: घातय-)
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोग (आज्ञार्थ/विध्यर्थ), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative)
Entities Mentioned
M
motherF
fatherS
sonB
brotherT
teacher (ācārya)A
ascetic (tapasvin)FAQs
They are pillars of social reproduction—family lineage, instruction, and religious discipline—so violence against them is treated as an attack on the state’s moral and institutional stability.