Sutra 3

Devanagari script

पाशजालकूटावपातेषु बद्धानां मृगपशुपक्षिव्यालमत्स्यानामादाने तच्च तावच्च दण्डः ॥ कZ_०४.१०.०३ ॥

Transliteration

pāśajālakūṭāvapāteṣu baddhānāṃ mṛgapaśupakṣivyālamatsyānām ādāne tacca tāvacca daṇḍaḥ

Translation

对于取走已被套索、网具或暗坑捕获的鹿、家畜、鸟类、猛兽或鱼类，处罚与（相应盗窃罪的）处罚相同，数额亦同。

Word by Word

• पाश: noose, snare
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• जाल: net
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाल
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• कूट: deceptive device, contrivance
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूट
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• अवपातेषु: in pitfalls, in trap-pits
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवपात
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन

• बद्धानाम्: of those that are bound/caught
• Type: Participle
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); षष्ठी बहुवचन; (सम्बन्धे)

• मृग: deer; wild game
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• पशु: animal, cattle
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• पक्षि: bird
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग); प्रातिपदिक रूप ‘पक्षि’

• व्याल: wild beast; serpent, predator
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• मत्स्यानाम्: of fishes
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्स्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन

• आदाने: in the taking/seizing (of them)
• Type: Verbal noun (action noun)
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (लोके/विषये)

• तत्: that; for that (offence)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; (अनुवादक/सम्बन्धसूचक)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• तावच्च: and so much; to that extent (equivalently)
• Type: Particle
• Root: तावत् + च
• Form: अव्यय; प्रमाण/परिमाणार्थक + समुच्चय

• दण्डः: the penalty; fine
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• pāśa (snare)
• jāla (net)
• āvapāta (pit trap)
• mṛga
• paśu
• pakṣi
• vyāla
• matsya

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FAQs

What is the policy rationale for punishing the taking of trapped animals like theft?

The state recognizes the captor’s investment (equipment, effort, risk) as creating a property claim; unauthorized taking is treated as direct appropriation of another’s productive labor.