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Sutra 43

ततो वैदेहकव्यञ्जनाः सर्वपण्यान्यायुधीयेभ्यो यात्राकाले द्विगुणप्रत्यादेयानि दद्युः ॥ कZ_०५.३.४३ ॥

tato vaidehakavyañjanāḥ sarvapaṇyānyāyudhīyebhyo yātrākāle dviguṇapratyādeyāni dadyuḥ

Danach sollen die vaidehakischen Lieferanten von Gewürzen und anderen Marktgütern dem Heer zur Zeit des Marsches alle Waren als Vorschüsse ausgeben, die zum Doppelten zurückzufordern sind (d. h. in doppelter Menge/Wert zurückzuzahlen).

ततःthereupon; then
ततः:
TypeAdverb
Rootतद्
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = ‘thereupon, from that (time/point)’
वैदेहकव्यञ्जनाःthe Vaidehaka-vyañjanas (a designated group/class of traders/agents)
वैदेहकव्यञ्जनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootवैदेहकव्यञ्जन
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग (व्यवहारतः ‘persons’); ‘वैदेहक’ (Videha-related) + ‘व्यञ्जन’ (indicator/mark; here a class-name)
सर्वपण्यानिall commodities/merchandise
सर्वपण्यानि:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वपण्य
Formद्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘all’ + ‘merchandise/commodities’
आयुधीयेभ्यःfrom the armoury/armed-department people (i.e., those connected with weapons)
आयुधीयेभ्यः:
TypeNoun (adjectival substantive)
Rootआयुधीय
Formपञ्चमी-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः (समूह/जनपदवाचक); ‘belonging to the armoury/armed service’
यात्राकालेat the time of departure/expedition
यात्राकाले:
TypeNoun
Rootयात्राकाल
Formसप्तमी-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग; ‘at the time of departure/expedition’
द्विगुणप्रत्यादेयानि(amounts) repayable/returnable at double (rate)
द्विगुणप्रत्यादेयानि:
TypeNoun (adjectival substantive)
Rootद्विगुणप्रत्यादेय
Formद्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘to be repaid/returned’ qualified by ‘double’
दद्युःshould give; should pay
दद्युः:
TypeVerb
Rootदा
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्; 3 पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; ‘they should give’
V
vaidehaka (suppliers/merchants)
Ā
āyudhīya (troops/soldiery)

FAQs

Goods are issued as recoverable advances with a fixed repayment multiple (double), creating a controlled credit system for campaign provisioning.

It standardizes repayment terms, discourages waste, and can cover risk/transport costs while keeping the arrangement administratively simple to audit.