Sutra 12

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणं तमः प्रवेशयेत् ॥ कZ_०४.११.१२ ॥

Transliteration

brāhmaṇaṃ tamaḥ praveśayet

Translation

ब्राह्मणाला ‘तमः’ (अंधकार) मध्ये प्रवेश करवावा—म्हणजे रक्तपात न होता अशा पद्धतीने दंड/वध करावा।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brahmin (person)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया विभक्ति; कर्म (object)

• तमः: darkness; a dark place (dark confinement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया विभक्ति; गत्यर्थकर्म/देश (goal/place: ‘into darkness’)

• प्रवेशयेत्: should cause (him) to enter; should confine/put (him) into
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (प्रवेशयति)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; causative (णिच्) of √विश् with prefix प्र-; विधि/आज्ञा: ‘should cause to enter’

Entities Mentioned

• Brāhmaṇa

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FAQs

Why does the sutra specify a distinct treatment for a Brāhmaṇa?

It reflects a policy of rank-sensitive sentencing where execution, if applied, is framed as a non-bloody or indirect method, preserving a social-religious norm while still asserting state authority.