Sutra 35
Devanagari script
कुटुम्बिनः कृत्येषु श्वेतसुरामौषधार्थं वारिष्टमन्यद्वा कर्तुं लभेरन् ॥ कZ_०२.२५.३५ ॥
Transliteration
kuṭumbinaḥ kṛtyeṣu śvetasurāmauṣadhārthaṃ vāriṣṭam anyad vā kartuṃ labheran
Translation
A los cabezas de familia se les puede permitir, para sus funciones domésticas, preparar vāriṣṭa (una bebida fermentada) u otra preparación, con el fin de obtener licor blanco y para uso medicinal.
Word by Word
कुटुम्बिनःhouseholders; heads of families
कुटुम्बिनः:
TypeNoun
Rootकुटुम्बिन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (कर्तृ)
कृत्येषुin/with regard to duties/necessary tasks
कृत्येषु:
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-बहुवचन (अधिकरण)
श्वेतसुराwhite liquor
श्वेतसुरा:
TypeNoun
Rootश्वेतसुरा
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (समासपद; श्वेता सुरा)
औषधार्थम्for medicinal purpose
औषधार्थम्:
TypeNoun
Rootऔषधार्थ
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे प्रयुक्तं (purpose: ‘for medicine’)
वारिष्टम्vāriṣṭa (a fermented drink)
वारिष्टम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवारिष्ट
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म)
अन्यत्something else/another (drink)
अन्यत्:
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootअन्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (वारिष्टम् इत्यस्य विकल्पः)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive)
कर्तुम्to make/prepare
कर्तुम्:
TypeVerb (Infinitive)
Rootकृ
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्तुम् = ‘to make/do’
लभेरन्may obtain/should be allowed (to)
लभेरन्:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/अनुज्ञा-भाव); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन
Entities Mentioned
K
kuṭumbinaḥ (householders)V
vāriṣṭaŚ
śveta-surāA
auṣadha (medicine)FAQs
A limited exemption model: private production is tolerated only under defined purposes (rites/medicine), implying the state distinguishes controlled domestic need from commercial manufacture.
To prevent a blanket exemption: ‘medicine’ becomes a legally narrow justification, reducing abuse while permitting legitimate therapeutic fermentation.