Sutra 31
Devanagari script
तत्तस्य मा भून्नरकं च गच्छेद् यो भर्तृपिण्डस्य कृते न युध्येत् इति ॥ कZ_१०.३.३१च्द् ॥
Transliteration
tattasya mā bhūn narakaṃ ca gacched yo bhartṛpiṇḍasya kṛte na yudhyet iti
Translation
—(قائلًا) «لا يكن ذلك نصيبه؛ وليذهب إلى الجحيم من لا يقاتل من أجل القوت الذي تلقّاه من سيّده».
Word by Word
तत्that; then/thereby (referring to the stated consequence)
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formsarvanāma; napuṃsaka; prathamā/ dvitīyā; ekavacana; deictic/anaphoric
तस्यof him/for him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formsarvanāma; puṃsaka/napuṃsaka; ṣaṣṭhī; ekavacana
माdo not; let not
मा:
TypeParticle
Rootमा
Formniṣedha (prohibitive particle) used with optative/imperative sense
भूत्may it be; let it happen
भूत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formliṅ (optative/benedictive sense with mā); parasmaipada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana; (aorist/irregular optative form)
नरकम्hell
नरकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनरक
Formnapuṃsaka; dvitīyā; ekavacana; karma (object)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formsamuccaya (coordinating conjunction)
गच्छेत्may (he) go; would go
गच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formliṅ (optative); parasmaipada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana
यःwho (he who)
यः:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formrelative pronoun; puṃliṅga; prathamā; ekavacana
भर्तृपिण्डस्यof the master’s ration/maintenance (wage/food-allowance)
भर्तृपिण्डस्य:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootभर्तृ + पिण्ड
Formpuṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī; ekavacana; ‘भर्तुः पिण्डः’ = the master’s ration/maintenance; genitive dependent on कृते
कृतेfor the sake of; on account of
कृते:
TypeNoun (verbal noun)
Rootकृत
Formnapuṃsaka; saptamī (locative of purpose/causal: ‘for the sake of’); ekavacana
नnot
न:
TypeParticle
Rootन
Formnegation
युध्येत्would fight; should fight
युध्येत्:
TypeVerb
Rootयुध्
Formliṅ (optative); ātmanepada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana
इतिthus; ‘so’ (end of quoted statement)
इति:
TypeQuotative particle
Rootइति
Formvākyānta-nirdeśa (marks end of quotation)
Entities Mentioned
B
bhartṛ (master/sovereign)N
naraka (hell)FAQs
It frames military service as an exchange obligation: the ruler provides maintenance; the soldier owes combat performance—turning refusal into both contractual breach and moral offense.