Kantakashodhana Adhyaya 9 Sutra 15 - Arthashastra | Kannada | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 15

Devanagari script

देयं देशं न पृच्छति अदेयं देशं पृच्छति कार्यमदेशेनातिवाहयति छलेनातिहरति कालहरणेन श्रान्तमपवाहयति मार्गापन्नं वाक्यमुत्क्रमयति मतिसाहाय्यं साक्षिभ्यो ददाति तारितानुशिष्टं कार्यं पुनरपि गृह्णाति उत्तममस्मै साहसदण्डं कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०४.९.१५ ॥

Transliteration

deyaṃ deśaṃ na pṛcchati adeyaṃ deśaṃ pṛcchati kāryamadeśenātivāhayati chalenātiharati kālaharaṇena śrāntamapavāhayati mārgāpannaṃ vākyamutkramayati matisāhāyyaṃ sākṣibhyo dadāti tāritānuśiṣṭaṃ kāryaṃ punarapi gṛhṇāti uttamamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryāt

Translation

ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶನು ಯೋಗ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಳ/ಅಧಿಕಾರಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವನ್ನು ವಿಚಾರಿಸದೆ, ಅಯೋಗ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಳವನ್ನು ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿ, ಪ್ರಕರಣವನ್ನು ಅಯೋಗ್ಯ ವೇದಿಕೆಗೆ ಎಳೆದು, ಕಪಟದಿಂದ ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸಿ, ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕ ವಿಳಂಬದಿಂದ ಪಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ದಣಿಗೊಳಿಸಿ, ದಾಖಲಾಗಿರುವ ಹೇಳಿಕೆಗಳ ಸರಿಯಾದ ಕ್ರಮ/ಮಾರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಮೀರಿ, ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಗಳಿಗೆ ‘ಬೌದ್ಧಿಕ ಸಹಾಯ’ ನೀಡಿ, ಅಥವಾ ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸಿ ಸೂಚನೆ ನೀಡಿದ ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ತೆರೆದರೆ—ಅವನಿಗೆ ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ದರ್ಜೆಯ ಸಾಹಸ-ದಂಡ ವಿಧಿಸಬೇಕು.

Word by Word

देयम्(what is) payable / to be given

देशम्place; locality; jurisdiction

नnot

पृच्छतिasks; inquires

अदेयम्not payable; not to be given

देशम्place; locality

पृच्छतिasks; inquires

कार्यम्case; matter; business

अदेशेनby/with an improper place (wrong venue)

अतिवाहयतिcauses to be carried over; delays; prolongs

छलेनby fraud/deceit; by a quibble

अतिहरतिtakes away; carries off; overreaches

कालहरणेनby wasting time; by delay

श्रान्तम्the exhausted (person)

अपवाहयतिcauses to be led away; makes withdraw

मार्गापन्नम्one who has taken the road; a traveller/on the way

वाक्यम्statement; speech; plea

उत्क्रमयतिcauses to deviate; makes overstep; makes retract

मतिसाहाय्यम्help to (their) understanding; prompting/coaching

साक्षिभ्यःto/for the witnesses

ददातिgives

तारितानुशिष्टम्(a matter) already settled/cleared and already instructed/adjudicated

कार्यम्case; matter

पुनःagain

अपिalso; even

गृह्णातिtakes; takes up; entertains

उत्तमम्the highest; maximum

अस्मैto him

साहसदण्डम्the fine for violence/forcible offence

कुर्यात्should do; should impose

Entities Mentioned

dharmastha (judge)

witnesses (sākṣin)

litigant/party

FAQs

What is the administrative harm targeted by this sutra?

Institutionalized harassment through venue manipulation, delay, and coached testimony—forms of corruption that defeat justice without overt bribery.