Sutra 8

Devanagari script

तस्याकरणे वा समाहर्तृपुरुषा ग्रीष्मे कर्षकाणामुद्वापं कारयेयुः ॥ कZ_०५.२.०८ ॥

Transliteration

tasyākaraṇe vā samāhartṛpuruṣā grīṣme karṣakāṇām udvāpaṃ kārayeyuḥ

Translation

If they do not do so, the Collector’s (samāhartṛ) agents shall, in summer, cause the cultivators’ fields to be sown/put under cultivation (carry out the sowing/raising on their behalf).

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that / in its (case)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (पुं/नपुं), सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक

• अकरणे: in the non-performance / in the case of not doing (it)
• Type: Noun (action-noun)
• Root: कृ
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘अ-करण’ (निषेध) = न करणम्

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

• समाहर्तृपुरुषाः: the men/agents of the collector (Samāhartṛ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ (समाहर्तृ) + पुरुष
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग; समाहर्तुः पुरुषाः = समाहर्तृ-सेवकाः/अधिकृताः

• ग्रीष्मे: in summer
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीष्म
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• कर्षकाणाम्: of the farmers/cultivators
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षक
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• उद्वापम्: the udvāpa (a levy/collection; lit. ‘raising’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वाप
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• कारयेयुः: they should cause (it) to be done / should make (them) do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (णिच्)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचनम्; causative ‘cause to do/make (someone) do’

Entities Mentioned

• samāhartṛ (Collector)
• samāhartṛpuruṣāḥ (collector’s agents)
• karṣakāḥ (cultivators)

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FAQs

What administrative tool is prescribed when cultivators fail to perform required cultivation steps?

Direct state execution via the Collector’s agents—ensuring sowing/cultivation occurs on schedule to protect output and revenue.