Sutra 15

Devanagari script

तुल्य शीलपुंश्चलीप्रापाविककथावकाशभोजनदातृभिरपसर्पयेत् ॥ कZ_०४.८.१५ ॥

Transliteration

tulya-śīla-puṃścalī-prāpāvika-kathāvakāśa-bhojanadātṛbhiḥ apasarpayet

Translation

Его следует (подозреваемого) незаметно выманивать/подводить через людей сходных привычек — например, распутную женщину, содержателя питейного заведения, рассказчиков/подстрекателей к праздной болтовне, тех, кто предоставляет удобный случай, и тех, кто кормит (то есть через типичные точки контакта, используемые для выведывания признаний или постановки ловушек).

Word by Word

• तुल्य: similar, of the same kind
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य (तुल्/तुल्-धातु से निष्पन्न विशेषण)
• Form: विशेषण; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग रूप—संदर्भानुसार ‘तुल्य-’ = समान)

• शील: conduct, character, disposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: शील
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘शीलम्’ (आचरण/स्वभाव)

• पुंश्चली: women of loose conduct; prostitutes
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंश्चली
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘पुंश्चलीभिः’

• प्रापाविक: swindlers, cheats (persons of fraudulent livelihood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रापाविक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘प्रापाविकैः’ (व्यवसाय/वृत्ति-विशेष का व्यक्ति)

• कथा: talks, stories, conversations
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘कथाभिः’

• अवकाश: opportunities; occasions; access
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवकाश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘अवकाशैः’

• भोजन: meals; food (as a means of inducement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘भोजनैः’

• दातृ: givers; donors (those who offer inducements)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (दा-धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; ‘दातृभिः’ (कर्ता/दाता)

• अपसर्पयेत्: should cause to withdraw; should drive away/remove
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-√सृप् (सृप्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; causative/णिच्-प्रयोग: ‘अपसर्पयेत्’ = ‘दूर कराए/हटा दे’

Entities Mentioned

• undercover intermediaries
• tavern-keeper
• puṃścalī (female operative/contact)
• suspect

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent of using ‘similar-habit’ intermediaries?

To obtain information and admissions through naturalistic contact rather than overt coercion, improving evidentiary reliability and operational deniability.