Sutra 30
Devanagari script
अक्षशालामनायुक्तो नोपगच्छेत् ॥ कZ_०२.१३.३० ॥
Transliteration
akṣaśālām anāyukto nopagacchet
Translation
No one who is not officially appointed/authorized shall enter the gaming house.
Word by Word
अक्षशालाम्the gambling house / dice-house
अक्षशालाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षशाला
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; (अक्षाणां शाला) ‘अक्ष’ + ‘शाला’
अनायुक्तःwithout an appointed officer / unsupervised (by the appointed official)
अनायुक्तः:
TypeNoun (adjectival participial formation)
Rootयुज् (युजिर् योगे)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘आयुक्त’ (नि-युक्त/नियुक्त अधिकारी) + नञ् ‘अन्’ → अनायुक्तः
नnot
न:
TypeParticle (negation)
Rootन
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
उपगच्छेत्should not go/approach/enter
उपगच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (गमॢँ गतौ)
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उप-गम् → उपगच्छेत्
Entities Mentioned
A
akṣaśālā (gaming house)Ā
āyukta (appointed official/authorized person)FAQs
To keep gambling within a monitored, taxable, and controllable space and to reduce disorder, cheating, and criminal mixing.