Arthashastra 3.4.21: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 4, Sutra 21
पथि व्यन्तरे गूढदेशाभिगमने मैथुनार्थेन शङ्कितप्रतिषिद्धायां वा पथ्यनुसरणे संग्रहणं विद्यात् ॥
pathi vyantare gūḍhadeśābhigamane maithunārthena śaṅkita-pratiṣiddhāyāṃ vā pathyānusaraṇe saṃgrahaṇaṃ vidyāt
औरत को लेकर जाना समझ लो कि वो संग्रहण है जब वो रास्ते से हट के जा रही हो। या किसी छुपे जगह ले जा रहे हो। या फिर उसके साथ गलत काम करने का इरादा है। खास कर जब उसपर शक है या उसको मना किया गया है।
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Sandhi Notes
- पथि व्यन्तरे = पथि वि-अन्तरे (वि + अन्तरे; उपसर्ग-पूर्वक रूप)
- गूढदेशाभिगमने = गूढ-देश-आभिगमने (समास)
- मैथुनार्थेन = मैथुन-अर्थेन (समास)
- शङ्कितप्रतिषिद्धायाम् = शङ्कित-प्रतिषिद्धायाम् (समास/समुच्चय; ‘when (she/it) is suspected and prohibited’)
- पथ्यनुसरणे = पथि/पथ्य- + अनुसरणे (समास; ‘route-following’)
Identifying saṃgrahaṇa (covert abduction/illicit escort) via suspicious travel patterns
Policing; criminal detection; public order
- pathi
- on the road
- vyantare
- by an alternative route/by-ways
- gūḍha-deśa-abhigamane
- going to a hidden/remote place
- maithuna-arthena
- for sexual purpose
- śaṅkita
- suspected
- pratiṣiddhāyām
- one who is prohibited/restrained
- pathyānusaraṇe
- in (such) route-following/escorting
- saṃgrahaṇam
- taking/abduction/illicit carrying off
- vidyāt
- should recognize/consider
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Operational indicators (route choice, destination secrecy, stated purpose) that can trigger investigation—an early form of risk-based policing.
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