Sutra 27

Devanagari script

युद्धव्याधिजराकर्मक्षीणाः पिण्डगोचरिकाः स्युः ॥ कZ_०२.३०.२७ ॥

Transliteration

yuddhavyādhijarākarmakṣīṇāḥ piṇḍagocarikāḥ syuḥ

Translation

الخيول المُنهَكة بسبب الحرب أو المرض أو الشيخوخة أو العمل تُعَالَف بحصصٍ كتلية وتُسمَح لها بالرعي (أي تُنقَل إلى نظام إعالة منخفض الشدة).

Word by Word

• युद्ध: battle, warfare
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• व्याधि: disease, illness
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• जरा: old age, senility
• Type: Noun
• Root: जॄ
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• कर्म: work, service, duty (esp. state service)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• क्षीणाः: worn out, debilitated, exhausted
• Type: Participle (Adjective)
• Root: क्षि
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; विशेषण (पिण्डगोचरिकाः इत्यस्य)

• पिण्डगोचरिकाः: those who live by seeking alms/food-balls; mendicant-like dependents
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; पिण्डस्य गोचरः यस्य/ये (भिक्षार्थं पिण्ड-गोचरिणः)

• स्युः: should be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Entities Mentioned

• war-worn horses
• sick horses
• aged horses

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FAQs

Is this a welfare policy or a cost-saving policy?

Both: it preserves residual value and reduces maintenance costs by moving unfit animals away from intensive feed and active duty, while avoiding sudden loss of state assets.