Sutra 16
Devanagari script
स्वयं हन्ता घातयिता हर्ता हारयिता च वध्यः ॥ कZ_०२.२९.१६ ॥
Transliteration
svayaṃ hantā ghātayitā hartā hārayitā ca vadhyaḥ
Translation
जो स्वतः हत्या करतो, जो हत्या करवितो, जो चोरी करतो आणि जो चोरी करवितो—हे सर्व वधदंडास पात्र आहेत।
Word by Word
स्वयम्personally; oneself
स्वयम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम्
Formअव्यय; ‘स्वतः/स्वयमेव’ इत्यर्थे
हन्ताthe killer (one who kills)
हन्ता:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootहन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तरि तृच् (तृन्) प्रत्ययान्त ‘हन्तृ’ = हन्ता
घातयिताone who causes (another) to kill; instigator
घातयिता:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootघातय् (घातयति) < √हन् (णिच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तरि तृच् (तृन्) प्रत्ययान्त; causative-agent: ‘one who causes killing’
हर्ताthe taker; robber; thief
हर्ता:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootहृ
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तरि तृच् (तृन्) प्रत्ययान्त ‘हर्तृ’ = हर्ता
हारयिताone who causes (another) to take away; instigator of theft
हारयिता:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootहारय् (हारयति) < √हृ (णिच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तरि तृच् (तृन्) प्रत्ययान्त; causative-agent: ‘one who causes taking away’
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
वध्यःis to be executed; punishable by death
वध्यः:
TypeAdjective (predicative)
Rootवध्य (from √वध/√हन्; ‘to be killed’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (भाव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थः): ‘वध्य’ = ‘to be executed/liable to be killed’
Entities Mentioned
P
principal offenderA
abettor/instigatorFAQs
Parity of liability for abetment: the state targets the entire criminal chain—planner, procurer, and executor—to strengthen deterrence.