Sutra 6

Devanagari script

प्रवीरे वास्तुनि राजनिवेशश्चातुर्वर्ण्यसमाजीवे ॥ कZ_०२.४.०६ ॥

Transliteration

pravīre vāstuni rājaniveśaś cāturvarṇyasamājīve

Translation

Sur l’emplacement le plus éminent/central du site (pravīra vāstu), on doit établir la résidence royale, ainsi que l’organisation des moyens de subsistance des quatre ordres sociaux (cāturvarṇya).

Word by Word

• प्रवीरे: in/at the principal (place/area); in the foremost
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: प्रवीर
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (loc. sg.); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः सन्दर्भानुसारम्; विशेषणवत्—‘प्रवीर’ = श्रेष्ठ/प्रधान

• वास्तुनि: on the site/ground (of the settlement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास्तु
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (loc. sg.); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्

• राजनिवेशः: the king’s residence (royal quarters)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + निवेश
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.); पुंलिङ्गम्; समासः: राज्ञः निवेशः = राजनिवेशः

• चातुर्वर्ण्यसमाजीवे: in the social order/co-existence of the four varṇas
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्वर्ण्य + समाजीव
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (loc. sg.); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः सन्दर्भानुसारम्; समासार्थः: चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य समाजीवः/समाजीवनम् = चातुर्वर्ण्यसमाजीवः

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थकः

Entities Mentioned

• rājaniveśa (royal residence)
• cāturvarṇya

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FAQs

What is the administrative point of placing the palace in the ‘foremost’ site?

It centralizes command-and-control, shortens response time for security and administration, and makes authority spatially legible.

How does ‘cāturvarṇya’ function here as policy?

As a settlement-ordering principle: allocating quarters/occupations supports predictable taxation, labor organization, and public order.