Sutra 25

Devanagari script

सतोऽर्थस्य विभागो नासतः ॥ कZ_०३.५.२५ ॥

Transliteration

sato 'rthasya vibhāgo nāsataḥ

Translation

Partition is of existing property, not of non-existent property.

Word by Word

• सतः: of a valid/existing (property/claim)
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: अस्
• Form: सत् (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त, ‘being/existing/true’) → षष्ठी एकवचन (पुं/नपुं), ‘of the existing/valid (thing)’

• अर्थस्य: of the property/asset
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: अर्थ-शब्दः, षष्ठी एकवचन (पुं), ‘of the property/wealth/matter’

• विभागः: partition/division (is possible)
• Type: Noun (action noun)
• Root: वि + भज्
• Form: विभाग-शब्दः (वि+भज् धातोः घञ्/भाववाचक-निर्माण), प्रथमा एकवचन (पुं), कर्तृ/विधेय-स्थानम्

• न: not
• Type: Particle (negation)
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• असतः: of an invalid/non-existent (property/claim)
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: अस्
• Form: असत् (नञ्-पूर्वक सत्), षष्ठी एकवचन (पुं/नपुं), ‘of the non-existing/invalid (thing)’

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FAQs

Why does the state restrict partition to 'existing property'?

To prevent fabricated claims and to keep judicial outcomes tied to verifiable assets, reducing dispute inflation and administrative burden.