Sutra 25

Devanagari script

घातयेत्स्वयमात्मानं पापेन मोहिता ॥ कZ_०४.७.२५च्द् ॥

Transliteration

ghātayet svayam ātmānaṃ strī vā pāpena mohitā

Translation

—अथवा पापेन मोहिता स्त्री स्वयम् आत्मानं घातयेत् ॥

Word by Word

• घातयेत्: should cause to be killed / should have (someone) killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (घातयति)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; णिच् (causative) प्रयोगः

• स्वयम्: personally; oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्
• Form: अव्ययम्

• आत्मानम्: oneself; one’s own person
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया एकवचनम्

• पापेन: by sin / by wrongdoing
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया एकवचनम्

• मोहिता: deluded; infatuated
• Type: Participle
• Root: मुह् (मोहयति)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle) from causative; स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा एकवचनम् (understood subject: सा/स्त्री)

Entities Mentioned

• woman (strī)
• suicide victim
• state authority

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FAQs

Does this verse treat suicide purely as a private act?

No. It frames suicide within moral-legal categories that justify public administrative handling and downstream social sanctions.