Devanagari script कुटुंबिकाध्यक्षमुख्यस्वामिनां कूटशासनमुद्राकर्मसु पूर्वमध्योत्तमवधा दण्डाः यथापराधं वा ॥ कZ_०४.९.१२ ॥
Transliteration kuṭuṃbikādhyakṣamukhyasvāmināṃ kūṭaśāsanamudrākarmasu pūrvamadhyottamavadhā daṇḍāḥ yathāparādhaṃ vā
Translation गृहस्थों, अधीक्षकों, मुख्य अधिकारियों और स्वामियों द्वारा कूट (जाली) शासन/आदेश या कूट मुद्रा-कार्य (मुहर संबंधी कार्य) करने पर, अपराध की गंभीरता के अनुसार प्रथम, मध्यम और उत्तम (अत्युच्च)—जिसमें वध (मृत्युदंड) भी शामिल है—दंड होंगे।
Word by Word कुटुम्बिक householder; substantial villager/peasant अध्यक्ष superintendent; officer-in-charge स्वामिन् masters; owners; superiors कुटुम्बिकाध्यक्षमुख्यस्वामिनाम् of the householder(s), superintendents, chiefs, and masters कूट fraudulent; forged; deceitful शासन orders; official documents/edicts मुद्रा seals; seal-impressions कर्मसु in acts/transactions/procedures कूटशासनमुद्राकर्मसु in matters of forged documents, seals, and (official) acts/transactions वधाः killings; executions (capital punishments) दण्डाः penalties/punishments अपराधम् offence; wrongdoing यथापराधम् according to the offence (its nature/degree) More Details FAQs Because they directly undermine state command-and-control and enable illicit transfers, coercion, and fraud under the appearance of authority.