Sutra 16

Devanagari script

धान्यषड्भागं पण्यदशभागं हिरण्यं चास्य भागधेयं प्रकल्पयामासुः ॥ कZ_०१.१३.०६ ॥

Transliteration

dhānyaṣaḍbhāgaṃ paṇyadaśabhāgaṃ hiraṇyaṃ cāsya bhāgadheyaṃ prakalpayāmāsuḥ

Translation

Sie setzten seinen Anspruch als Anteil fest: ein Sechstel des Getreides, ein Zehntel der Waren und einen Anteil in Gold.

Word by Word

• धान्य-षड्भागम्: one-sixth share of grain (as tax/royal share)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य; षड्; भाग
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘धान्यस्य षड्भागम्’ = धान्य-कर का छठा भाग (1/6)

• पण्य-दशभागम्: one-tenth share of merchandise (duty/tax)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्य; दश; भाग
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘पण्यस्य दशभागम्’ = पण्य-कर का दशम भाग (1/10)

• हिरण्यम्: gold/money (as revenue)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘gold/coin/treasure’ (कर-रूपेण)

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

• अस्य: of him/of this (i.e., of the king/state)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य-प्रयोग) — ‘of him/of this (king/state)’

• भागधेयम्: the due share/allotted portion
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागधेय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘share, allotted portion’

• प्रकल्पयामासुः: they prescribed/they fixed (as a rule)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कल्प्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they arranged/they prescribed’

Entities Mentioned

• dhānya
• paṇya
• hiraṇya
• bhāgadheya (royal share)

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FAQs

Why specify different shares for grain and merchandise?

It implies differentiated fiscal treatment by sector—agricultural surplus and commercial turnover are taxed by distinct, socially intelligible norms.