Sutra 9
Devanagari script
पतिविप्रकारात्पतिज्ञातिसुखावस्थग्रामिकान्वाधिभिक्षुकीज्ञातिकुलानामन्यतममपुरुषं गन्तुमदोषः इति आचार्याः ॥ कZ_०३.४.०९ ॥
Transliteration
pativiprakārāt patijñātisukhāvasthagrāmikānvādhibhikṣukījñātikulānām anyatamam apuruṣaṃ gantum adoṣaḥ iti ācāryāḥ
Translation
The teachers say: when separated from her husband due to his absence/estrangement, it is not an offense for a wife to go (for shelter/assistance) to one among—her husband’s kinsmen, a well-situated (reputable) village headman, a female ascetic/nun (bhikṣukī), or her natal kin-group—provided it is a ‘non-man’ escort/arrangement (i.e., not involving an unrelated male).
Word by Word
पति-विप्रकारात्from (the situation of) the husband’s absence/being away (lit. from the husband’s being elsewhere)
पति-विप्रकारात्:
TypeNoun
Rootविप्रकार
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (अपादान/हेतु); समासः: पति + विप्रकार
पति-ज्ञाति-सुख-अवस्थ-ग्रामिकान्village headmen connected with the husband’s relatives / (who are) in a comfortable condition (i.e., well-off)
पति-ज्ञाति-सुख-अवस्थ-ग्रामिकान्:
TypeNoun
Rootग्रामिक
Formद्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; समासः (बहुपद-तत्पुरुष): पति-ज्ञाति-सुख-अवस्थ + ग्रामिक; ‘ग्रामिक’ = ग्रामाध्यक्ष/ग्राम-प्रमुख
अन्वाधि-भिक्षुकी-ज्ञाति-कुलानाम्of (any of) the families of the anuvādhi (dependent woman), the female mendicant, and the relatives’ families
अन्वाधि-भिक्षुकी-ज्ञाति-कुलानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकुल
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; समासः (समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व): अन्वाधि + भिक्षुकी + ज्ञाति + कुल; ‘कुलानाम्’ governs the whole list
अन्यतमम्any one (among them)
अन्यतमम्:
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्यतम
Formद्वितीया-एकवचनम् नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; ‘one of (the set)’
अपुरुषम्a non-man / not a (proper) man
अपुरुषम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअपुरुष
Formद्वितीया-एकवचनम् पुल्लिङ्गम्; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त: a- + पुरुष
गन्तुम्to go
गन्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-रूप (infinitive); परस्मैपदी धातु: गम्
अदोषःthere is no fault (no offence)
अदोषः:
TypeNoun
Rootदोष
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् पुल्लिङ्गम्; नञ्-पूर्वपद: अ- + दोष
इतिthus
इति:
TypeParticle
Rootइति
Formनिपात (quotative)
आचार्याःthe teachers (authorities)
आचार्याः:
TypeNoun
Rootआचार्य
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम् पुल्लिङ्गम्
Entities Mentioned
P
pati-jñāti (husband’s kin)G
grāmika (village headman)B
bhikṣukī (female ascetic)J
jñāti-kula (kin group)FAQs
To define administratively verifiable ‘safe channels’ for a woman’s protection, reducing both vulnerability and suspicion of illicit contact.