Sutra 14

Devanagari script

चोरं पारदारिकं वा मोक्षयतो राजशासनमूनमतिरिक्तं वा लिखतः कन्यां दासीं वा सहिरण्यमपरहतः कूटव्यवहारिणो विमांसविक्रयिणश्च वामहस्तद्विपादवधो नवशतो वा दण्डः ॥ कZ_०४.१०.१४ ॥

Transliteration

coraṃ pāradārikaṃ vā mokṣayato rājaśāsanamūnamatiriktaṃ vā likhataḥ kanyāṃ dāsīṃ vā sahiraṇyamaparahataḥ kūṭavyavahāriṇo vimāṃsavikrayiṇaśca vāmahastadvipādavadho navaśato vā daṇḍaḥ

Translation

ଚୋର କିମ୍ବା ପରସ୍ତ୍ରୀଗାମୀକୁ ମୁକ୍ତ କରାଇଦେଇଥିବା, ରାଜଶାସନରେ କମ୍/ବେଶି ଲେଖି ଜାଲି କରୁଥିବା, କନ୍ୟା କିମ୍ବା ଦାସୀକୁ ତାଙ୍କ ସୁନା ସହିତ ଅପହରଣ କରୁଥିବା, କୂଟ-ବ୍ୟବହାର କରୁଥିବା, ଏବଂ ନିଷିଦ୍ଧ ମାଂସ ବିକ୍ରୟ କରୁଥିବା—ଏମାନଙ୍କ ଦଣ୍ଡ ବାମ ହାତ ଓ ଦୁଇ ପାଦ କାଟିବା, ଅଥବା 900 ପଣ ଦଣ୍ଡ।

Word by Word

• चोरम्: a thief
• Type: Noun
• Root: चोर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• पारदारिकम्: an adulterer (violator of another’s wife)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: पारदारिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• मोक्षयतः: of (a person) releasing / letting go
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: मुच् (मोचने)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle); परस्मैपदी; प्रथमा/षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन?—प्रयोगे षष्ठी-एकवचन (सम्बन्धे) ‘मोक्षयतः’ = ‘of one who releases’

• राजशासनम्: the king’s punishment / royal penalty
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजशासन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (दण्डविधानवाक्ये)

• ऊनम्: less (than due)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘less/deficient’

• अतिरिक्तम्: excessive / more (than due)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिरिक्त
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘excessive’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• लिखतः: of (a person) writing / recording
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: लिख् (लेखने)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle); परस्मैपदी; षष्ठी-एकवचन (सम्बन्धे) ‘of one who writes/records’

• कन्याम्: a maiden / girl
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• दासीम्: a female slave / maidservant
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• सहिरण्यम्: together with gold / with money
• Type: Adverbial (indeclinable-like) / Accusative used adverbially
• Root: सह-हिरण्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘together with gold/money’ (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)

• अपरहतः: not taken away / not confiscated
• Type: Adjective (past participial)
• Root: अपरहत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘not taken away/ not seized’

• कूटव्यवहारिणः: those who engage in fraudulent dealings / false litigation
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: कूट-व्यवहारिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन

• विमांसविक्रयिणः: meat-sellers
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: वि-मांस-विक्रयिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• वामहस्तद्विपादवधः: the punishment of cutting off the left hand and both feet
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाम-हस्त-द्वि-पाद-वध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; दण्डरूपः (शरीरदण्डः)

• नवशतः: of nine hundred (as fine)
• Type: Numeral (substantive)
• Root: नव-शत
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-एकवचन (दण्डस्य) ‘of nine hundred’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• दण्डः: a penalty / fine
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• thief (cora)
• adulterer (pāradārika)
• royal edict (rājaśāsana)
• maiden (kanyā)
• female slave (dāsī)

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FAQs

What is the state-interest logic behind punishing falsification of a royal order so harshly?

Royal orders are the administrative backbone of governance; tampering converts state authority into private power, enabling corruption and illegal exactions, so the text treats it as a high-grade threat.