Sutra 10

Devanagari script

तं दूष्यगृहप्रतिद्वारि रात्राव् उपशयानमन्यत्र वा वसन्तं तीक्ष्णो हन्ता ब्रूयाद् हतोऽयं दायकामुकः इति ॥ कZ_०५.१.१० ॥

Transliteration

taṃ dūṣyagṛhapratidvāri rātrāv upaśayānam anyatra vā vasantaṃ tīkṣṇo hantā brūyād hato 'yaṃ dāyakāmukaḥ iti

Translation

While he sleeps at night at the door of the tainted man’s house—or while he is staying elsewhere—a sharp (ruthless) killer should slay him and declare, “This man has been killed as one greedy for an inheritance share.”

Word by Word

• तम्: him; that person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma; accusative singular masculine/neuter (context: masculine object)

• दूष्यगृहप्रतिद्वारि: at each door of the storehouse (dūṣya-house)
• Type: Noun (compound, locative adverbial)
• Root: दूष्य + गृह + प्रति + द्वार
• Form: locative singular (ending -i); used adverbially: 'at/near each door of the दूष्यगृह'

• रात्रौ: at night
• Type: Noun (time adverbial)
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: locative singular (Vedic/older loc. in -au); adverbial 'at night'

• उपशयानम्: lying down; sleeping
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: उप-शी (शेते)
• Form: śatṛ-pratyaya; accusative singular masculine; agreeing with तम्

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• Type: Indeclinable (adverb)
• Root: अन्यत्र
• Form: avyaya; 'elsewhere'

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: avyaya; disjunctive 'or'

• वसन्तम्: dwelling; staying
• Type: Participle (present active)
• Root: वस् (वसति)
• Form: śatṛ-pratyaya; accusative singular masculine; agreeing with तम्

• तीक्ष्णः: a sharp/relentless (man)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: nominative singular masculine; subject-qualifier of हन्ता

• हन्ता: the killer; assassin
• Type: Agent noun
• Root: हन्
• Form: nominative singular masculine; 'killer/slayer' (कर्ता-noun)

• ब्रूयात्: should say; should declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: optative (vidhi-liṅ); 3rd person singular; parasmaipada; 'should say'

• हतः: killed; slain
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: हन्
• Form: kta (PPP); nominative singular masculine; predicate adjective

• अयम्: this (man)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: sarvanāma; nominative singular masculine

• दायकामुकः: an inheritance-seeker; one eager for a share/estate
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: दाय + कामुक
• Form: nominative singular masculine; predicate noun referring to अयम्

• इति: thus
• Type: Quotative particle
• Root: इति
• Form: avyaya; marks end of quoted speech

Entities Mentioned

• assassin (hantā)
• brother claimant
• dūṣya (suspect)

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FAQs

What is the intended public interpretation of the killing?

A private family-property motive (inheritance greed), not a state-directed operation.