Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 32 Sutra 19 - Arthashastra | French | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 19

Devanagari script

स्थानस्याशुद्धिर्यवसस्याग्रहणं स्थले शायनमभागे घातः परारोहणमकाले यानमभूमावतीर्थेऽवतारणं तरुषण्ड इत्यत्ययस्थानानि ॥ कZ_०२.३२.१९ ॥

Transliteration

sthānasyāśuddhir yavasasyāgrahaṇaṃ sthale śāyanam abhāge ghātaḥ parārohaṇam akāle yānam abhūmāvatīrthe 'vatāraṇaṃ taruṣaṇḍa ity atyaya-sthānāni

Translation

Les situations à risque (points d’accident) sont : un lieu de stationnement impur, l’impossibilité d’obtenir du fourrage, le faire coucher sur un sol dur, le frapper sur une partie inappropriée, le fait qu’une autre personne le monte, voyager à un moment inopportun, descendre en un endroit inadéquat ou hors d’un gué, et traverser un bosquet/une broussaille — tels sont les points de danger.

Word by Word

स्थानस्यof a place/position

अशुद्धिःimpurity; uncleanliness; defect

यवसस्यof fodder/grass

अग्रहणम्non-taking; non-collection; failure to obtain

स्थलेon dry ground; on a (wrong) spot

शायनम्lying down; sleeping; resting

अभागेin an improper place; in a wrong part

घातःstriking; killing; attack; harm

परारोहणम्climbing up; mounting; ascent

अकालेat the wrong time; untimely

यानम्going; journey; march

अभूमौon unsuitable ground; on non-terrain (unfit land)

अतीर्थेat a non-ford; at an improper crossing-place

अवतारणम्bringing down; descent; disembarkation

तरुषण्डःa grove; clump of trees

इतिthus; so (marking the end of the list)

अत्ययस्थानानिplaces of mishap; danger-zones

Entities Mentioned

elephants

handlers (implied)

FAQs

What kind of governance instrument is this list of 'atyaya-sthāna'?

A proto-safety code: it identifies predictable failure modes so supervisors can enforce preventive routines and assign liability.