Sutra 25

Devanagari script

दुःखोत्पादनं द्रव्यमन्यवेश्मनि प्रक्षिपतो द्वादशपणो दण्डः प्राणाबाधिकं पूर्वः साहसदण्डः ॥ कZ_०३.१९.२५ ॥

Transliteration

duḥkhotpādanaṃ dravyam anyaveśmani prakṣipato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ | prāṇābādhikaṃ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ ||

Translation

အခြားသူ၏ အိမ်ထဲသို့ ဒုက္ခဝေဒနာ ဖြစ်စေသော ပစ္စည်းတစ်ခုကို ပစ်ချသူအတွက် ဒဏ်ငွေမှာ ပဏ ၁၂ (paṇa) ဖြစ်သည်။ အသက်အန္တရာယ် ဖြစ်စေနိုင်ပါက ပထမ (အနိမ့်ဆုံး) sāhasa ဒဏ်ကြေးကို ချမှတ်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• दुःखोत्पादनम्: causing suffering / producing harm
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्√पद् (उत्पद्यते)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (उत्पादन)

• द्रव्यम्: property / an object (valuable)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• अन्य-वेश्मनि: in another person’s house
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन

• प्रक्षिपतः: of (a person) who throws/places (it) in
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: प्र√क्षिप्
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपदी; षष्ठी एकवचन (कर्तरि) — ‘of one who throws/puts in’

• द्वादश-पणः: twelve paṇas (as the amount)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘द्वादश’ संख्या-विशेषण

• दण्डः: penalty / fine
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• प्राण-आबाधिकम्: life-endangering / injurious to life
• Type: Adjective (participle-derived)
• Root: आ√बाध्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण—‘(कर्म) प्राणहानिकर/जीवनोपद्रवकर’

• पूर्वः: the former/previous (penalty)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘पूर्वः (दण्डः)’ = पूर्वोक्त/पूर्ववर्ती

• साहस-दण्डः: the penalty for sāhasa (violent/forcible offence)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस; दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• householder/victim
• offender
• state (imposing fine)

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FAQs

What is the administrative logic behind distinguishing mere distress from life-endangerment?

It creates proportionality: minor harassment is monetarily fined, while conduct escalating to potential lethal harm triggers a higher, violence-class (sāhasa) penalty.

What does this rule help the state accomplish?

It protects domestic security and discourages covert assaults by making even non-lethal harmful acts punishable and by escalating sanctions when risk to life is present.