Kantakashodhana Adhyaya 6 Sutra 8 - Arthashastra | French | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 8

Devanagari script

स चेत्ब्रूयात्दायाद्यादवाप्तममुष्माल् लब्धं क्रीतं कारितमाधिप्रच्छन्नमयमस्य देशः कालश्चोपसम्प्राप्तेः अयमस्यार्घः प्रमाणं लक्षणं मूल्यं च इति तस्यागमसमाधौ मुच्येत ॥ कZ_०४.६.०८ ॥

Transliteration

sa cet brūyāt dāyādyād avāptam amuṣmāl labdhaṃ krītaṃ kāritam ādhipracchannam ayam asya deśaḥ kālaś copasamprāpteḥ ayam asyārghaḥ pramāṇaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ mūlyaṃ ca iti tasyāgamasamādhau mucyeta

Translation

S’il déclare : « Il a été obtenu par héritage (etc.) ; reçu de telle personne ; acheté ; commandé/fabriqué ; ou pris en gage » ; et qu’il précise le lieu et le moment de l’acquisition, ainsi que le prix, la mesure, les marques d’identification et l’estimation—alors, une fois la provenance établie, il est relâché.

Word by Word

सःhe (that person)

चेत्if

ब्रूयात्should say / were to say

दायाद्यात्from an heir

अवाप्तम्obtained

अमुष्मात्from that (person)

लब्धम्received / obtained

क्रीतम्bought / purchased

कारितम्caused to be made/done (commissioned)

आधि-प्रच्छन्नम्concealed/covered by a pledge (mortgaged/encumbered)

अयम्this

अस्यof this / his

देशःplace / locality

कालःtime

चand

उपसम्प्राप्तेःof the acquisition/coming into possession

अयम्this

अस्यof this / his

अर्घःvalue / price

प्रमाणम्proof / evidence (standard)

लक्षणम्mark / identifying feature

मूल्यम्price

चand

इतिthus (quoting)

तस्यof him / his

आगम-समाधौin the establishment/settlement of (lawful) acquisition/title

मुच्येतwould be released / be absolved

Entities Mentioned

possessor/claimant

seller/transferor (implicit)

pledge system (ādhi)

FAQs

What kind of ‘documentation’ does this verse effectively require?

A structured provenance narrative with verifiable fields (who/where/when/how acquired + price/measure/marks), functioning like an early compliance checklist.