Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 21 Sutra 12 - Arthashastra | German | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 12

Devanagari script

तदेव निविष्टपण्यस्य भाण्डस्य हीनप्रतिवर्णकेनार्घापकर्षणे सारभाण्डस्य फल्गुभाण्डेन प्रतिच्छादने च कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०२.२१.१२ ॥

Transliteration

tadeva niviṣṭapaṇyasya bhāṇḍasya hīnaprativarṇakenārghāpakarṣaṇe sārabhāṇḍasya phalgubhāṇḍena praticchādane ca kuryāt

Translation

Dieselbe (Strafe) gilt, wenn nach der Eintragung/Registrierung von Waren der festgesetzte Preis dadurch herabgesetzt wird, dass ein minderwertiges Muster bzw. eine minderwertige Farbübereinstimmung vorgelegt wird, oder wenn Waren höherer Qualität dadurch verborgen werden, dass man sie mit minderwertigen Waren bedeckt.

Word by Word

तत्that (same item)

एवindeed/only/same

निविष्ट-पण्यस्यof goods put up/placed for sale

भाण्डस्यof the merchandise/article

हीन-प्रतिवर्णकेनby means of an inferior grade/quality-standard (label)

अर्घ-अपकर्षणेin (the act of) reducing the price/value

सार-भाण्डस्यof genuine/high-quality merchandise

फल्गु-भाण्डेनwith inferior/low-quality goods

प्रतिच्छादनेin (the act of) covering/concealing (i.e., disguising)

चand

कुर्यात्should do/should proceed (take action)

Entities Mentioned

merchant/trader

market authority (implicit)

FAQs

What forms of commercial deception are targeted here?

Lowering the assessed price using an inferior sample and hiding superior goods under inferior goods—both distort fair valuation and inspection.