Sutra 8

Devanagari script

यश्चैनान्दहेदपनयेद्वा स तमेव दण्डं लभेत साहसमुत्तमं वा ॥ कZ_०४.११.०८ ॥

Transliteration

yaś cainān dahed apanayed vā sa tam eva daṇḍaṃ labheta sāhasam uttamaṃ vā

Translation

ಯಾರು ಇವರನ್ನು (ಅಥವಾ ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯ/ದೇಹಗಳನ್ನು) ಸುಡಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕಲಿ, ಅವನಿಗೂ ಅದೇ ದಂಡ, ಇಲ್ಲವೇ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಸಾಹಸ-ದಂಡ ವಿಧಿಸಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

• यः: who (whoever)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एनान्: these (persons/things)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एना-)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन

• दहेत्: should burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/विधि); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• अपनयेत्: should remove / carry away
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-नी
• Form: विधिलिङ्; परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय

• सः: he
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• तम्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• दण्डम्: punishment / penalty
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• लभेत: should receive / incur
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: विधिलिङ्; आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• साहसम्: (the penalty for) violent offence; sāhasa-penalty
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (दण्ड-विशेषणरूपेण)

• उत्तमम्: highest / most severe
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; साहसम् इति विशेषणम् (उत्तम-साहसम्)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय

Entities Mentioned

• accomplice
• harborer
• evidence destroyer
• state enforcement

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FAQs

What is the governance rationale of imposing the same penalty on helpers?

To prevent networks of protection and obstruction that undermine enforcement; it raises the cost of complicity and improves conviction certainty.