Arthashastra 3.3.4: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 3, Sutra 4

Devanagari script

निर्दिष्टकालायां तदेव संख्याय बन्धं च दद्यात् ॥ कZ_०३.३.०४ ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.3.4

Transliteration

nirdiṣṭakālāyāṃ tadeva saṃkhyāya bandhaṃ ca dadyāt

Translation

Wenn ein Zeitraum festgelegt wurde, hat er genau den so berechneten Betrag zu leisten und außerdem eine Sicherheit/Bürgschaft zu stellen.

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Word by Word

• निर्दिष्ट-कालायाम्: at the fixed/appointed time
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: निर्दिश् (नि+√दिश्) / काल
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी; (कालायाम्) अधिकरणे; पूर्वपदं ‘निर्दिष्ट’ = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (ppp) ‘निर्दिश्’ धातोः

• तत्: that (same amount)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (सन्दर्भानुसार ‘that (amount)’); ‘एव’ इत्यनेन निश्चयार्थे

• एव: only; exactly
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (only/just)

• संख्याय: by the count/according to the number (reckoned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; तृतीया (करण/प्रकारे)

• बन्धम्: detention/imprisonment (as a penalty)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया; कर्म

• च: and
• Type: Conjunction
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• दद्यात्: should give/should impose
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (√दा)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/विधानार्थे) परस्मैपदम्; ३पुरुष; एकवचन; धातुः √दा; अर्थे ‘प्रयच्छेत्/विधीयात्’

Entities Mentioned

• obligor (implied)
• court/judge (implied)

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FAQs

Why require a bond (bandha)?

It reduces enforcement costs and prevents evasion by creating a tangible guarantee that can be executed if the obligor defaults.