Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 36 Sutra 10 - Arthashastra | Urdu | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 10

Devanagari script

चिकित्सकः प्रच्छन्नव्रणप्रतीकारकारयितारमपथ्यकारिणं च गृहस्वामी च निवेद्य गोपस्थानिकयोर्मुच्येत अन्यथा तुल्यदोषः स्यात् ॥ कZ_०२.३६.१० ॥

Transliteration

cikitsakaḥ pracchannavraṇapratīkārakārayitāram apathyakāriṇaṃ ca gṛhasvāmī ca nivedya gopasthānikayor mucyeta anyathā tulyadoṣaḥ syāt

Translation

طبیب—اور اسی طرح گھر کا مالک بھی—اس شخص کی اطلاع دے جو چھپے ہوئے زخم کا علاج کرانا چاہے، اور اس کی بھی جو پرہیز/مقررہ ہدایات کے خلاف عمل کرے؛ اطلاع دینے سے وہ گوپ اور ستھانک حکّام کے سامنے بری الذمہ ہو جاتا ہے؛ ورنہ اس پر بھی برابر کا جرم عائد ہوگا۔

Word by Word

चिकित्सकःthe physician

प्रच्छन्न-व्रण-प्रतीकार-कारयितारम्the one who gets the remedy for a concealed wound done

अपथ्य-कारिणम्and the one who acts improperly (medically unwholesomely)

चand

गृह-स्वामीthe master of the house

चand

निवेद्यhaving reported

गोप-स्थानिकयोःto the gopa and the sthānika (officials)

मुच्येतshould be released (from liability)

अन्यथाotherwise

तुल्य-दोषःan equal fault/culpability

स्यात्would be / should be

Entities Mentioned

physician

householder

suspect with concealed wounds

gopa

sthānika

FAQs

Why target concealed wounds?

Hidden injuries can be evidence of violence, theft, or flight from justice; physicians become key nodes for detecting offenders.

What is the deterrent mechanism here?

Imposing ‘equal guilt’ for non-reporting turns private actors into compliance partners and reduces safe havens for criminals.