Sutra 6

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां शालाः खातोदपानवर्चस्नानगृहाग्निविषत्राणमार्जारनकुलारक्षास्वदैवतपूजनयुक्ताः कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.५.०६ ॥

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ śālāḥ khāta-udapāna-varca-snānagṛha-agni-viṣa-trāṇa-mārjāra-nakula-ārakṣā-sva-daivata-pūjana-yuktāḥ kārayet.

Translation

For all such establishments, he should provide halls with dug wells, latrine facilities, bathing rooms, protection against fire and poison, safeguards against cats and mongooses, and arrangements for worship of their own deities.

Word by Word

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (of them / in all cases)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Genitive Plural), पुं/नपुं (contextual)

• शालाः: halls/sheds/rooms
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाला
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• खात: dug (well/pit)
• Type: Noun (past passive participle used as noun)
• Root: खात
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• उदपान: well (water-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदपान
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• वर्चस्: excrement; latrine (facility)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस्
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• स्नानगृह: bath-house
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नानगृह
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• अग्नि: fire
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• विषत्राण: protection from poison
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषत्राण
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• मार्जार: cat
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्जार
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• नकुल: mongoose
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• रक्षा: protection/guarding
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षा
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• स्वदैवतपूजन: worship of one’s own deity
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वदैवतपूजन
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (as member of compound)

• युक्ताः: provided with; furnished with
• Type: Participle (Past Passive Participle used adjectivally)
• Root: युज् (योजने)
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘endowed/provided with’ qualifying शालाः

• कारयेत्: should cause (them) to be made/arranged
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करणे)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्? → विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचनम्; causative sense ‘to cause to be made’ (णिच्)

Entities Mentioned

• fire hazard
• poison risk
• cats
• mongooses
• deities (sva-daivata)

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FAQs

Why include bathing, latrines, and wells in a prison specification?

They reduce disease and unrest, preserve labor value of detainees, and prevent administrative failure through avoidable mortality and disorder.

What is the political function of allowing 'sva-daivata-pūjana'?

It lowers resistance, sustains morale, and signals state order and fairness, thereby reducing grievance-driven instability.