Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 27 Sutra 18 - Arthashastra | Burmese | Vedapath

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Sutra 18

Devanagari script

सर्वत्र प्रथमेऽपराधे प्रथमः द्वितीये द्विगुणः तृतीये त्रिगुणः चतुर्थे यथाकामी स्यात् ॥ कZ_०२.२७.१८ ॥

Transliteration

sarvatra prathame'parādhe prathamaḥ dvitīye dviguṇaḥ tṛtīye triguṇaḥ caturthe yathākāmī syāt

Translation

နေရာတိုင်းတွင် ပထမအကြိမ် ပြစ်မှုအတွက် ပထမအဆင့် ပြစ်ဒဏ်ကို ချမှတ်ရမည်။ ဒုတိယအကြိမ်တွင် နှစ်ဆ၊ တတိယအကြိမ်တွင် သုံးဆ၊ စတုတ္ထအကြိမ်တွင် သင့်လျော်သလို အာဏာပိုင်၏ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်အတိုင်း ချမှတ်နိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

सर्वत्रeverywhere; in all cases

प्रथमेin the first (instance/offence)

अपराधेin an offence; in the case of an offence

प्रथमःthe first (penalty)

द्वितीयेin the second (instance/offence)

द्विगुणःdouble (in amount); twofold

तृतीयेin the third (instance/offence)

त्रिगुणःtriple; threefold

चतुर्थेin the fourth (instance/offence)

यथाकामीas he wishes; at discretion

स्यात्should be; may be

Entities Mentioned

offender

judge/administrator (implied)

FAQs

What governance principle is embodied in 2.27.18?

A standardized escalation ladder for repeat offences—predictable multipliers first, then discretionary severity—balancing rule-based sentencing with administrative flexibility.