Kantakashodhana Adhyaya 9 Sutra 22 - Arthashastra | Kannada | Vedapath

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Sutra 22

Devanagari script

चारकादभियुक्तं मुञ्चतो निष्पातयतो वा मध्यमः साहसदण्डः अभियोगदानं च बन्धनागारात्सर्वस्वं वधश्च ॥ कZ_०४.९.२२ ॥

Transliteration

cārakād abhiyuktaṃ muñcato niṣpātayato vā madhyamaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ abhiyogadānaṃ ca bandhanāgārāt sarvasvaṃ vadhaś ca

Translation

ಚಾರಕ (ಕಸ್ಟಡಿ)ಯಿಂದ ಆರೋಪಿಯನ್ನು ಬಿಡಿಸುವವನು ಅಥವಾ ಅಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಹಾಕುವವನು ಮಧ್ಯಮ ಸಾಹಸದಂಡಕ್ಕೆ ಒಳಗಾಗಿ, ಅಭಿಯೋಗದಾನ (ಬದಲಿಗೆ ಆರೋಪಿಯನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುವುದು) ಕೂಡ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು; ಕಾರಾಗೃಹದಿಂದ (ಬಿಡಿಸಿದರೆ) ಸರ್ವಸ್ವ ಜಪ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ವಧ (ಮರಣದಂಡನೆ).

Word by Word

चारकात्from a spy (informant)

अभियुक्तम्the accused (person)

मुञ्चतः(if one) releases (him)

निष्पातयतःor (if one) causes (him) to escape / lets him slip away

वाor

मध्यमःthe middle (grade)

साहसदण्डःthe sāhasa-penalty (graded fine/punishment for forcible/violent wrongdoing)

अभियोगदानम्and the lodging of a charge (institution of accusation)

चand

बन्धनागारात्from the prison

सर्वस्वम्all property (i.e., total confiscation)

वधःexecution (death penalty)

चand

Entities Mentioned

abhiyukta (accused)

cāraka

bandhanāgāra

FAQs

Why is prison-release treated more severely than release from cāraka custody?

Prison custody implies higher security and greater public risk; the text escalates deterrence to confiscation and death to protect judicial authority.