Sutra 19

Devanagari script

तच्च द्रव्यं राजधर्म्यं स्यात् ॥ कZ_०३.१६.१९ ॥

Transliteration

tacca dravyaṃ rājadharmyaṃ syāt

Translation

সে সম্পত্তি রাজধর্ম অনুযায়ী রাষ্ট্রগ্রহণযোগ্য হবে (অর্থাৎ রাজার বৈধ দাবির অধীন হবে)।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (aforementioned)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (कर्तृपद)

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

• द्रव्यम्: property; wealth; asset
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा एकवचन (कर्तृपद)

• राजधर्म्यम्: pertaining to the king’s law; state-legal
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजधर्म्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; द्रव्यम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्; अर्थः ‘राजधर्मसम्बन्धि/राजधर्मानुगुण’

• स्यात्: should be; would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• rājā (king/state)
• dravya (property)

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FAQs

What does 'rājadharmya' indicate in governance terms?

A legal category where property, failing valid private title/claim, is absorbed into the state’s lawful domain—functionally an escheat rule.