Sutra 31

Devanagari script

अनिष्पन्ने शारीरं हैरण्यं वा दण्डं लभेत न चानुग्राह्यः ॥ कZ_०२.८.३१ ॥

Transliteration

aniṣpanne śārīraṃ hairaṇyaṃ vā daṇḍaṃ labheta na ca anugrāhyaḥ

Translation

ਜੇ ਮਾਮਲਾ ਸਫਲ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ (ਅਰਥਾਤ ਨਤੀਜਾ ਨਾ ਨਿਕਲੇ), ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸਰੀਰਕ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਲੀ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ ਅਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਰਿਆਇਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਜਾਵੇਗੀ।

Word by Word

• अनिष्पन्ने: when (the case/matter) is not established / not proved
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: निष्√पद् (निष्पद्यते)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गे (अर्थे: कार्ये/प्रकरणे) ; नञ्-पूर्वकः भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः) ‘निष्पन्न’ = accomplished; ‘अनिष्पन्न’ = not accomplished; अधिकरणे सप्तमी

• शारीरम्: corporal (bodily)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: शरीर
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; विशेषणवत् दण्डम् विशेषयति

• हैरण्यम्: monetary (a fine)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: हिरण्य
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; ‘हिरण्य’ (gold/money) तद्धित-रूप ‘हैरण्य’ = monetary; दण्डम् विशेषयति

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• दण्डम्: punishment; penalty
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गम्; कर्म (लभेत इत्यस्य)

• लभेत: should receive / should be awarded
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; ‘he should receive/obtain (be awarded)’

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• अनुग्राह्यः: (he) is not to be favoured / not to be granted leniency
• Type: Adjective (Gerundive)
• Root: अनु√ग्रह्
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्तः (gerundive: ‘to be favoured’); प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गम्; कर्तरि/कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘he is not to be shown favour’

Entities Mentioned

• accuser/informer (implied)
• state judiciary

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FAQs

Is this aimed at honest failure or malicious denunciation?

Administratively it functions as a strong deterrent against reckless or fabricated accusations; it pushes informers to report only verifiable cases.