Sutra 19

Devanagari script

प्रसह्यादाने वास्तुनि स्तेयदण्डः ॥ कZ_०३.९.१९ ॥

Transliteration

prasahyādāne vāstuni steyadaṇḍaḥ

Translation

ਜ਼ਮੀਨ/ਥਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਜ਼ਬਰਦਸਤੀ ਲੈਣ ‘ਤੇ ਚੋਰੀ ਲਈ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਸਜ਼ਾ ਲਾਗੂ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ।

Word by Word

• प्रसह्य-आदाने: in the case of forcible taking
• Type: Noun (gerundive/kr̥danta used as locative)
• Root: सह् (प्र +) / दा (आ +)
• Form: सप्तमी एकवचनम् (प्रसह्यादान-शब्दे); ‘प्रसह्य’ = ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-भाव (gerund ‘having used force’), ‘आदान’ = घञ्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव/क्रिया-नाम (taking)

• वास्तुनि: in/with respect to property (an article/thing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्तु
• Form: सप्तमी एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम्

• स्तेय-दण्डः: the theft-penalty (punishment for theft)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तेय / दण्ड
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; ‘स्तेयस्य दण्डः’

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FAQs

Why equate forcible land seizure with theft?

It treats unlawful dispossession as a property crime, discouraging private violence and shifting disputes back into legal adjudication.