Sutra 38

Devanagari script

अदोषस्त्यक्तुमन्योन्यं कर्मसंकरनिश्चयात् ॥ कZ_०३.१४.३८च्द् ॥

Transliteration

adoṣastyaktumanyonyaṃ karmasaṃkaraniścayāt

Translation

သူတို့သည် အချင်းချင်းကို စွန့်ပစ်ခြင်းဖြင့် (တာဝန်ခံမှုကို ငြင်းပယ်၍) လွတ်ကင်းမရနိုင်၊ အကြောင်းမှာ သူတို့၏ လုပ်ရပ်များသည် အပြန်အလှန် ရောနှောနေသည်ဟု သတ်မှတ်ထားသောကြောင့် ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• अदोषः: (it is) not a fault; blameless
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; नञ्-उपसर्गयुक्तः (अ-दोष)

• त्यक्तुम्: to abandon, to give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-रूप (infinitive); अर्थः—‘to abandon/leave’

• अन्योन्यम्: each other; mutually
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (reciprocal)
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्—‘mutually/each other’

• कर्मसंकरनिश्चयात्: because of the determination/decision regarding the mixing (confusion) of duties
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि√चि (निश्चय) / सं√कॄ (संकर) / कृ (कर्म)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-एकवचन; समास-विग्रहः—कर्मणां संकरस्य निश्चयात् (कर्म-संकर-निश्चयात्)

Entities Mentioned

• co-offenders
• complicity

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What is the policy logic of ‘karmasaṃkara’?

It prevents strategic blame-shifting among collaborators by treating interdependent actions as a single liability chain, improving enforceability and deterrence.