Sutra 19

Devanagari script

शृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिभ्यामन्योन्यं घातयतस्तच्च तावच्च दण्डः ॥ कZ_०४.१३.१९ ॥

Transliteration

śṛṅgidaṃṣṭribhyām anyonyaṃ ghātayatas tacca tāvacca daṇḍaḥ

Translation

കൊമ്പുള്ളതും ദംഷ്ട്രയുള്ളതുമായ മൃഗങ്ങളെ പരസ്പരം തമ്മിൽ കൊല്ലിപ്പിച്ചാൽ, ഓരോ സംഭവത്തിലും അതേ അളവിലുള്ള ദണ്ഡം തന്നെ.

Word by Word

• शृङ्गि: a horned one (animal)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शृङ्गिन्
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (पुं); विशेषणरूपेण ‘शृङ्गयुक्तः/शृङ्गी’

• दंष्ट्रि: a tusked/fanged one (animal)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दंष्ट्रिन्
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (पुं); विशेषणरूपेण ‘दंष्ट्रायुक्तः/दंष्ट्रि’

• भ्याम्: by/with the two (instrumental dual ending)
• Type: Particle (case-ending)
• Root: (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक-समुच्चय)
• Form: तृतीया/सप्तमी-द्विवचन-प्रत्ययः; अत्र तृतीया-द्विवचनम् (करणे) — ‘(ताभ्याम्) शृङ्गिदंष्ट्रिभ्याम्’

• अन्योन्यम्: each other; mutually
• Type: Pronoun/Adverbial (reciprocal)
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषणवत् ‘परस्परम्’

• घातयतः: (the two) cause (each other) to be struck/killed; make fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (णिच्) < हन्
• Form: लट्, प्रथमा-द्विवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative) — ‘(तौ) घातयतः’ = ‘cause to strike/kill’

• तत्: that; in that case
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; अत्र ‘तत् (दण्डः)’ इति निर्देशः

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

• तौ: those two (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा-द्विवचनम्; ‘those two’

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

• तावत्: to that extent; so much
• Type: Adverb/Quantifier
• Root: तावत्
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्ययम्; ‘so much/that much’

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

• दण्डः: punishment; penalty (fine)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (पुं); दण्ड (राजदण्ड/दण्डविधान)

Entities Mentioned

• animal owner/instigator (implicit)
• horned animals
• fanged animals

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FAQs

What is the governance concern with animal fighting?

It creates predictable violence, public disorder, and property loss; penalizing instigation discourages organized cruelty and risk.

What does ‘tacca tāvacca’ suggest administratively?

A standardized proportional schedule—penalties mirror the harm/valuation rules applied in related cases.