Sutra 49

Devanagari script

तेन सौवर्णराजतानि भाण्डानि क्षीयन्ते न चैषां किंचिदवरुग्णं भवति ॥ कZ_०२.१४.४९ ॥

Transliteration

tena sauvarṇarājatāni bhāṇḍāni kṣīyante na caiṣāṃ kiṃcid avarugṇaṃ bhavati

Translation

Par ce frottement, les récipients en or et en argent diminuent en matière, sans qu’aucun dommage ou bris visible n’y apparaisse.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तृतीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (करणे)

• सौवर्ण-राजतानि: gold and silver (made of gold and silver)
• Type: Adjective (compound)
• Root: सौवर्ण (सु-वर्ण) / राजत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (भाण्डानि इति विशेषणम्)

• भाण्डानि: vessels; utensils; articles
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन

• क्षीयन्ते: are diminished; wear away; get reduced
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षि (क्षीयते)
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; भ्वादि/क्षयार्थक धातु; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (they waste away/are diminished)

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

• च: and
• Type: Particle (Conjunction)
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• एषाम्: of these; of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी-बहुवचन; (पुं/नपुंसक)

• किञ्चित्: anything; something (even a little)
• Type: Pronoun (indefinite)
• Root: किम्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘something/anything’

• अवरुग्णम्: broken; damaged; cracked
• Type: Adjective / Past participle
• Root: अव-रुज् (रुज्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (किञ्चित् इति विशेषणम्)

• भवति: becomes; is; occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Entities Mentioned

• gold vessels
• silver vessels

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FAQs

What is the administrative implication of ‘loss without visible damage’?

Inspection must rely on measurement (weight/standard size) and records, not merely on visual condition.