Sutra 5

Devanagari script

प्रेतं व्यसनगतं वा नोपनिधिमभ्यावहेत् ॥ कZ_०३.१२.०५ ॥

Transliteration

pretaṃ vyasanagataṃ vā nopanidhimabhyāvahet

Translation

သေဆုံးသူထံမှ သို့မဟုတ် ဘေးအန္တရာယ်/ဒုက္ခအကျပ်အတည်းထဲ ကျရောက်နေသူထံမှ အပ်နှံထားသောပစ္စည်းကို ပြန်လည်ပေးအပ်ရန် မအတင်းအကျပ် တောင်းဆိုသင့်။

Word by Word

• प्रेतम्: a corpse, the dead body
• Type: Noun (past passive participle used substantively)
• Root: √इ (इण्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (प्र-√इ + क्त = प्रेत)

• व्यसनगतम्: one who has fallen into misfortune/distress
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: √गम्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया; व्यसन + गत (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); प्रेतम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• न: not
• Type: Particle (negation)
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• उपनिधिम्: a deposit; entrusted property
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप + √नि + √धा
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया; उपनिधि-शब्दः

• अभ्यावहेत्: should bring/take away (here: should not bring/appropriate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + आ + √वह्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/निषेध-प्रयोगे विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; धातुः √वह्; उपसर्गाः अभि-, आ-; अर्थः ‘आनयेत्/उपहरेत्’

Entities Mentioned

• deceased
• distressed person

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What governance logic underlies exempting the distressed from compulsion?

It prevents coercive enforcement from worsening crises and aligns enforcement with capacity, preserving legitimacy and social order.