Sutra 8

Devanagari script

शूद्रो येनाङ्गेन ब्राह्मणमभिहन्यात्तदस्यच्छेदयेत् ॥ कZ_०३.१९.०८ ॥

Transliteration

śūdro yenāṅgena brāhmaṇam abhihanyāt tad asya cchedayet

Translation

ရှုဒ္ဒရက ဗြာဟ္မဏကို ကိုယ်အင်္ဂါတစ်စိတ်တစ်ပိုင်းဖြင့် ထိုး/ရိုက်လျှင် ထိုအင်္ဂါကို ဖြတ်တောက်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• शूद्रः: a Śūdra (man of the Śūdra class)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• येन: by which (means/limb)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (करणे)

• अङ्गेन: with a limb / by a bodily part
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणम्: a Brāhmaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म)

• अभिहन्यात्: should strike/assault
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः अभि-; धातोः ‘हन्’ (हनन/प्रहार)

• तत्: that (limb)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (कर्म)

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (सम्बन्धे)

• च्छेदयेत्: should cause to be cut off / should amputate
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः: छेदयति = छेदं कारयति

Entities Mentioned

• Śūdra
• Brāhmaṇa

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FAQs

What political function does this rule serve in Arthashastra?

It enforces a stratified social order through asymmetric penalties, aiming to deter challenges to elite status and preserve a hierarchy seen as administratively stabilizing.