Arthashastra 3.16.2: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 16, Sutra 2

Devanagari script

दत्तमव्यवहार्यमेकत्रानुशये वर्तेत ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.16.2

Transliteration

dattamavyavahāryamekatrānuśaye varteta

Translation

Eine Schenkung wird nicht justiziabel; ein Rechtsbehelf besteht nur in einem einzigen (festgelegten) Verfahren der Rückgängigmachung/Reue (anuśaya).

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Word by Word

• दत्तम्: (something) given; transferred; bestowed
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्मणि (past passive participle)

• अव्यवहार्यम्: non-justiciable; not subject to legal dispute/transaction
• Type: Adjective (Negated)
• Root: व्यवहार (from √हृ with vi-ā-; noun base व्यवहार) + नञ्/अ-
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुषभाव/नकारार्थक उपसर्ग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दत्तम् इति विशेष्यस्य)

• एकत्र: in one place; together; at one and the same locus
• Type: Indeclinable (Adverb)
• Root: एक + त्र (अव्ययप्रत्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय; ‘in one place/with one party’

• अनुशये: in (a state of) continuing grievance/latent claim; in a subsisting ground of complaint
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशय (noun)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (लोके); अधिकरणसप्तमी

• वर्तेत: should remain; should be treated as; should apply
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (वर्तने)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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