Kantakashodhana Adhyaya 9 Sutra 14 - Arthashastra | Kannada | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 14

Devanagari script

पृच्छ्यं न पृच्छति अपृच्छ्यं पृच्छति पृष्ट्वा वा विसृजति शिक्षयति स्मारयति पूर्वं ददाति वा इति मध्यममस्मै साहसदण्डं कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०४.९.१४ ॥

Transliteration

pṛcchyaṃ na pṛcchati apṛcchyaṃ pṛcchati pṛṣṭvā vā visṛjati śikṣayati smārayati pūrvaṃ dadāti vā iti madhyamamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryāt

Translation

ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶನು ಕೇಳಬೇಕಾದುದನ್ನು ಕೇಳದೆ, ಕೇಳಬಾರದುದನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ, ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿದ ಬಳಿಕ ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸಿದರೆ, ಪಕ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಕಲಿಸಿ/ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸಿದರೆ, ಏನು ಹೇಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ನೆನಪಿಸಿದರೆ, ಅಥವಾ ಮುಂಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಲಾಭ ನೀಡಿದರೆ—ಅವನಿಗೆ ಮಧ್ಯಮ ದರ್ಜೆಯ ಸಾಹಸ-ದಂಡ ವಿಧಿಸಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

पृच्छ्यम्(what) should be asked

नnot

पृच्छतिasks

अपृच्छ्यम्(what) should not be asked

पृच्छतिasks

पृष्ट्वाhaving asked

वाor

विसृजतिdismisses / lets go

शिक्षयतिinstructs / trains

स्मारयतिreminds

पूर्वम्first / beforehand

ददातिgives

वाor

इतिthus

मध्यमम्the middle (grade)

अस्मैto him / for him

साहसदण्डम्the fine/penalty for ‘sāhasa’ (violent/forcible offence)

कुर्यात्should impose / should make

Entities Mentioned

dharmastha (judge)

party to dispute

FAQs

What kinds of acts are treated as procedural corruption here?

Selective questioning, irrelevant probing, dismissing after extracting info, coaching/prompts, and granting one side a head start.