Sutra 2

Devanagari script

अत ऊर्ध्वमशुश्रूषायां द्वादशपणः स्त्रिया दण्डः पुंसो द्विगुणः । इति शुश्रूषा ॥ कZ_०३.३.०२ ॥

Transliteration

ata ūrdhvamaśuśrūṣāyāṃ dvādaśapaṇaḥ striyā daṇḍaḥ puṃso dviguṇaḥ | iti śuśrūṣā

Translation

ထို့နောက် သင့်လျော်သော ဝန်ဆောင်မှု/တက်ရောက်မှု မပြုလုပ်ပါက အမျိုးသမီးအတွက် ဒဏ်ကြေး ၁၂ ပဏ (paṇa) ဖြစ်ပြီး အမျိုးသားအတွက် ထို၏ နှစ်ဆ ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤသည်မှာ «ဝန်ဆောင်မှု/တက်ရောက်မှု» (śuśrūṣā) ဆိုင်ရာ စည်းကမ်းဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

अतःthereafter; hence

ऊर्ध्वम्from then on; thereafter

अशुश्रूषायाम्in the case of non-attendance / disobedience

द्वादशtwelve

पणः(a fine of) twelve paṇas

स्त्रियाfor a woman; in the case of a woman

दण्डःthe penalty/fine

पुंसःof a man; for a man

द्विगुणःdouble (in amount)

इतिthus; so (it is stated)

शुश्रूषा(Topic:) attendance/obedience

Entities Mentioned

strī

pumān

state/judge (implied)

FAQs

What is the governance logic of fixed fines here?

Fixed fines standardize adjudication, reduce discretion, and make household disputes administrable under predictable tariff-like penalties.

Why is the man fined double?

Within this framework, it likely signals higher expected responsibility or greater bargaining power, so deterrence is increased via a higher monetary sanction.