Sutra 24

Devanagari script

यश्चास्यापकुर्यात्तद्दोषमभिविख्याप्य प्रकाशमेनं घातयेत् ॥ कZ_०७.१६.२४ ॥

Transliteration

yaś cāsyāpakuryāt tad-doṣam abhivikhyāpya prakāśam enaṃ ghātayet

Translation

แต่ผู้ใดทำร้ายเขา เมื่อประกาศความผิดนั้นต่อสาธารณะแล้ว ควรให้ประหารผู้นั้นต่อหน้าสาธารณะ

Word by Word

• यः: who (whoever)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-एकवचन

• अपकुर्यात्: should do harm / should act wrongly (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: उपसर्ग: अप; विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म)

• दोषम्: fault, offence
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• अभिविख्याप्य: having publicly declared / having made known
• Type: Gerund (Absolutive)
• Root: ख्याप् (ख्यै/ख्यापयति)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ल्यप्); उपसर्ग: अभि; अर्थ: ‘having caused to be made known/declared’

• प्रकाशम्: openly, publicly
• Type: Noun (used adverbially)
• Root: प्रकाश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (in public/openly)

• एनम्: him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• घातयेत्: should cause to be killed / should have executed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (णिच् causative)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) ‘घातयति’; विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• king
• protected subordinate/defector
• offender

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FAQs

Why insist on publicizing the offence before punishment?

Public attribution frames the act as a clear violation, legitimizes coercion, and strengthens the credibility of state protection.