Sutra 6
Devanagari script
शोणितानुसिक्तं भग्नभिन्नगात्रं काष्ठैरश्मभिर्वा हतं विद्यात् ॥ कZ_०४.७.०६ ॥
Transliteration
śoṇitānusiktaṃ bhagnabhinnagātraṃ kāṣṭhair aśmabhir vā hataṃ vidyāt
Translation
यदि शरीर रक्त से लथपथ हो और अंग टूटे या फटे हों—मानो लाठियों या पत्थरों से मारा गया हो—तो उसे पीट-पीटकर हुई मृत्यु समझना चाहिए।
Word by Word
शोणित-अनुसिक्तम्smeared/soaked with blood
शोणित-अनुसिक्तम्:
TypeAdjective (past participial compound)
Rootशोणित (noun) + √सिच् (सिञ्चति) with anu-
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘अनुसिक्त’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) used adjectivally; qualifies the (implicit) victim/body
भग्न-भिन्न-गात्रम्having limbs broken and split
भग्न-भिन्न-गात्रम्:
TypeAdjective (compound)
Root√भञ्ज् (भङ्गे) → भग्न (PPP) + √भिद् (भिनत्ति) → भिन्न (PPP) + गात्र (noun)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; whole compound qualifies the (implicit) person/body: ‘whose limbs are broken and split’
काष्ठैःwith pieces of wood / with clubs
काष्ठैः:
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठ
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, तृतीया (करण)
अश्मभिःwith stones
अश्मभिः:
TypeNoun
Rootअश्मन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, तृतीया (करण)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)
हतम्killed / struck down
हतम्:
TypeAdjective (past passive participle)
Root√हन् (हन्ति)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) used adjectivally; ‘killed/struck’ qualifying the (implicit) person/body
विद्यात्should know/should ascertain
विद्यात्:
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (वेद/विद्यात्)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘one should know/ascertain’ (impersonal normative)
Entities Mentioned
A
assailant (implicit)W
weapons: sticks/stonesFAQs
To help investigators infer the method and search for corroborating evidence (scene objects, witnesses, suspects).