Sutra 31
Devanagari script
तस्याकरणे वा समाहर्ता कार्यमपदिश्य पौरजानपदान्भिक्षेत ॥ कZ_०५.२.३१ ॥
Transliteration
tasyākaraṇe vā samāhartā kāryamapadiśya paurajānapadānbhikṣeta
Translation
Si cela n’est pas fait, le Collecteur général (samāhartṛ) doit, en invoquant une nécessité publique, solliciter des contributions auprès des citadins et des gens de la campagne (paura-jānapada).
Word by Word
तस्यof him/it; thereof
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formषष्ठी-एकवचनम् (पुं/नपुं), सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्
अकरणेin the non-performance; in the event of not doing (it)
अकरणे:
TypeVerbal noun (action-noun)
Rootकृ
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; ‘अ-’ नञ्-पूर्वकं ‘करण’ (कृ धातोः)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्
समाहर्ताthe collector (of revenue), the treasurer
समाहर्ता:
TypeNoun (agent)
Rootसम्-आ-हृ
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; कर्तृवाचक-तृच् प्रत्यय (समाहर्तृ)
कार्यम्the task; the matter to be done
कार्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकृ
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचनम्
अपदिश्यhaving assigned/indicated (it) as the task; citing the work
अपदिश्य:
TypeGerund (Absolutive)
Rootअप-√दिश्
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (ल्यप्); ‘having indicated/assigned (as a pretext)’
पौरजानपदान्the townsmen and the rural inhabitants
पौरजानपदान्:
TypeNoun (collective; persons)
Rootपौर + जानपद
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; समासः: पौर- (नगरवासी) + जानपद- (जनपदवासी)
भिक्षेतshould request/solicit (contributions)
भिक्षेत:
TypeVerb
Root√भिक्ष्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
Entities Mentioned
S
samāhartṛ (Collector-General)P
paura (townspeople)J
jānapada (rural populace)FAQs
By tying it to a ‘kārya’—a stated necessity—so the request appears as civic duty rather than arbitrary extraction.