Sutra 2

Devanagari script

विरात्रे छन्नकुड्यच्छायासंचारिणं विरूपद्रव्याणामदेशकालविक्रेतारं जातवैरशयं हीनकर्मजातिं ॥ कZ_०४.६.०२f ॥

Transliteration

virātre channakuḍyacchāyāsaṃcāriṇaṃ virūpadravyāṇām adeśakālavikretāraṃ jātavairaśayaṃ hīnakarmajātiṃ

Translation

(One is suspect who) moves at night along concealed walls and shadows, sells unusual goods at improper places and times, harbors an established disposition of enmity, and is of degraded/violent occupational type.

Word by Word

• विरात्रे: at night / in the night-time
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन; (अव्ययीभाववत्) ‘विरात्रे’ = रात्रौ विशेषे/अतिरात्रौ

• छन्न: covered, concealed
• Type: Participle
• Root: छद्
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘छन्नः’ (समासे पूर्वपदत्वात् रूपम्)

• कुड्य: wall
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुड्य
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• छाया: shadow
• Type: Noun
• Root: छाया
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• संचारिणम्: one who moves about, a prowler
• Type: Participle
• Root: चर्
• Form: कृदन्त; वर्तमानकृदन्त (णिनि/इनि-प्रत्ययान्त) ‘संचारिन्’; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• विरूप: deformed, suspicious, improper
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप
• Form: विशेषण; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• द्रव्याणाम्: of goods/commodities
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन

• अदेश: wrong place, improper locality
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदेश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• काल: time
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• विक्रेतारम्: seller, vendor
• Type: Noun (agent)
• Root: वि√क्री
• Form: कृदन्त; तृच्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘विक्रेता’; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• जात: arisen, born
• Type: Participle
• Root: जन्
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• वैर: enmity, hostility
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• शयम्: resort, abode, shelter
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘शय’ = शयन/आश्रय/निवास (अर्थे)

• हीन: low, base, deficient
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन
• Form: विशेषण; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• कर्म: deed, occupation, conduct
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; (समासे) प्रातिपदिक

• जातिम्: class, kind, type
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• suspected person
• market authorities (implied)

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FAQs

What administrative function is served by watching 'place-time' anomalies in selling goods?

It helps detect fencing and stolen-property circulation by focusing on irregular market behavior that evades normal oversight.