Devanagari scriptदेयं देशं न पृच्छति अदेयं देशं पृच्छति कार्यमदेशेनातिवाहयति छलेनातिहरति कालहरणेन श्रान्तमपवाहयति मार्गापन्नं वाक्यमुत्क्रमयति मतिसाहाय्यं साक्षिभ्यो ददाति तारितानुशिष्टं कार्यं पुनरपि गृह्णाति उत्तममस्मै साहसदण्डं कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०४.९.१५ ॥
Transliterationdeyaṃ deśaṃ na pṛcchati adeyaṃ deśaṃ pṛcchati kāryamadeśenātivāhayati chalenātiharati kālaharaṇena śrāntamapavāhayati mārgāpannaṃ vākyamutkramayati matisāhāyyaṃ sākṣibhyo dadāti tāritānuśiṣṭaṃ kāryaṃ punarapi gṛhṇāti uttamamasmai sāhasadaṇḍaṃ kuryāt
Translationदेयं देशं न पृच्छति, अदेयं देशं पृच्छति, कार्यम् अदेशेनातिवाहयति, छलेनातिहरति, कालहरणेन श्रान्तम् अपवाहयति, मार्गापन्नं वाक्यम् उत्क्रमयति, मतिसाहाय्यं साक्षिभ्यो ददाति, तारितानुशिष्टं कार्यं पुनरपि गृह्णाति—उत्तमं अस्मै साहसदण्डं कुर्यात्।
Word by Wordदेयम्(what is) payable / to be given देशम्place; locality; jurisdiction अदेयम्not payable; not to be given कार्यम्case; matter; business अदेशेनby/with an improper place (wrong venue) अतिवाहयतिcauses to be carried over; delays; prolongs छलेनby fraud/deceit; by a quibble अतिहरतिtakes away; carries off; overreaches कालहरणेनby wasting time; by delay श्रान्तम्the exhausted (person) अपवाहयतिcauses to be led away; makes withdraw मार्गापन्नम्one who has taken the road; a traveller/on the way वाक्यम्statement; speech; plea उत्क्रमयतिcauses to deviate; makes overstep; makes retract मतिसाहाय्यम्help to (their) understanding; prompting/coaching साक्षिभ्यःto/for the witnesses तारितानुशिष्टम्(a matter) already settled/cleared and already instructed/adjudicated गृह्णातिtakes; takes up; entertains उत्तमम्the highest; maximum साहसदण्डम्the fine for violence/forcible offence कुर्यात्should do; should impose FAQs
Institutionalized harassment through venue manipulation, delay, and coached testimony—forms of corruption that defeat justice without overt bribery.
