Sutra 17

Devanagari script

यथेष्टमनवसितभागं दद्युः अन्यत्र कृच्छ्रेभ्यः ॥ कZ_०२.२४.१७ ॥

Transliteration

yatheṣṭamanavasitabhāgaṃ dadyuḥ anyatra kṛcchrebhyaḥ

Translation

They may grant, at discretion, an undetermined/variable share—except in cases of hardship (where special relief rules apply).

Word by Word

• यथा: as; according to; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (yathā = as, according to)

• इष्टम्: desired; as one wishes
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: इष् (इच्छा/काम)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया/प्रथमा (contextually adverbial: ‘as desired’)

• अनवसित: unfixed; not determined; undecided
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव-सा (अवसादन/निश्चय)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक विशेषण; (अनवसित = not fixed/undecided); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (भागम् इति विशेषयति)

• भागम्: share; portion; allotment
• Type: Noun
• Root: भज्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया

• दद्युः: they should give; they ought to grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (दाने)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• अन्यत्र: except; otherwise; elsewhere
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र
• Form: अव्यय; अपवाद/विभागवाचक (except; elsewhere)

• कृच्छ्रेभ्यः: from hardships; in cases of distress (as an exception)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (also seen as पुं); बहुवचन; पञ्चमी (ablative: ‘from/except in cases of hardship’)

Entities Mentioned

• revenue officers
• distressed cultivators

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FAQs

What is the governance logic of allowing anavasitabhāga (non-fixed share)?

It gives administrators flexibility to match assessment to local productivity and compliance—while carving out hardship as a distinct category requiring protective treatment.