प्रसह्य दिवा रात्रौ वान्तर्यामिकमपहरतोऽर्धमूल्येषु एत एव दण्डाः ॥ कZ_०४.९.१० ॥
prasahya divā rātrau vā antaryāmikam apaharato 'rdhamūlyeṣu eta eva daṇḍāḥ
प्रसह्य दिवा रात्रौ वा अपहरतः, वान्तर्यामिकम् (गृहाभ्यन्तरात्) अपहरतः च, अर्धमूल्येषु एते एव दण्डाः प्रवर्तन्ते।
Both increase threat to personal security and are harder to prevent; Kauṭilya standardizes punishment to deter high-risk forms of theft.
It provides a consistent administrative basis for valuation while keeping the sanction schedule aligned with earlier categories.