Sutra 31
Devanagari script
तत्तस्य मा भून्नरकं च गच्छेद् यो भर्तृपिण्डस्य कृते न युध्येत् इति ॥ कZ_१०.३.३१च्द् ॥
Transliteration
tattasya mā bhūn narakaṃ ca gacched yo bhartṛpiṇḍasya kṛte na yudhyet iti
Translation
—(saying) ‘Let that not be his lot; may he go to hell—he who would not fight for the sustenance received from his master.’
Word by Word
तत्that; then/thereby (referring to the stated consequence)
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formsarvanāma; napuṃsaka; prathamā/ dvitīyā; ekavacana; deictic/anaphoric
तस्यof him/for him
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formsarvanāma; puṃsaka/napuṃsaka; ṣaṣṭhī; ekavacana
माdo not; let not
मा:
TypeParticle
Rootमा
Formniṣedha (prohibitive particle) used with optative/imperative sense
भूत्may it be; let it happen
भूत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
Formliṅ (optative/benedictive sense with mā); parasmaipada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana; (aorist/irregular optative form)
नरकम्hell
नरकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनरक
Formnapuṃsaka; dvitīyā; ekavacana; karma (object)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formsamuccaya (coordinating conjunction)
गच्छेत्may (he) go; would go
गच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
Formliṅ (optative); parasmaipada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana
यःwho (he who)
यः:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formrelative pronoun; puṃliṅga; prathamā; ekavacana
भर्तृपिण्डस्यof the master’s ration/maintenance (wage/food-allowance)
भर्तृपिण्डस्य:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootभर्तृ + पिण्ड
Formpuṃliṅga; ṣaṣṭhī; ekavacana; ‘भर्तुः पिण्डः’ = the master’s ration/maintenance; genitive dependent on कृते
कृतेfor the sake of; on account of
कृते:
TypeNoun (verbal noun)
Rootकृत
Formnapuṃsaka; saptamī (locative of purpose/causal: ‘for the sake of’); ekavacana
नnot
न:
TypeParticle
Rootन
Formnegation
युध्येत्would fight; should fight
युध्येत्:
TypeVerb
Rootयुध्
Formliṅ (optative); ātmanepada; prathama-puruṣa; ekavacana
इतिthus; ‘so’ (end of quoted statement)
इति:
TypeQuotative particle
Rootइति
Formvākyānta-nirdeśa (marks end of quotation)
Entities Mentioned
B
bhartṛ (master/sovereign)N
naraka (hell)FAQs
It frames military service as an exchange obligation: the ruler provides maintenance; the soldier owes combat performance—turning refusal into both contractual breach and moral offense.