Sutra 24

Devanagari script

पूर्वयोः पञ्चपलिकः प्रयामो मांसलोहलवणमणिवर्जम् ॥ कZ_०२.१९.२४ ॥

Transliteration

pūrvayoḥ pañcapalikaḥ prayāmo māṃsalohalavaṇamaṇivarjam

Translation

पूर्व के दोनों (मापों) के लिए निर्धारित क्षमता पाँच पल है—मांस, धातु, नमक और मणि (रत्न) के लिए (इनका उपयोग) वर्जित है।

Word by Word

• पूर्वयोः: of the two former (ones)
• Type: Noun (Adjective used substantively)
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: षष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (genitive dual); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः सन्दर्भानुसारम्; ‘of the two former/previous (items/measures)’

• पञ्चपलिकः: (is) of five palas
• Type: Noun (measure-term; adjectival)
• Root: पञ्च + पल
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः; ‘having five palas (in weight/quantity)’

• प्रयामः: the prescribed measure/allowance
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + यम् (यमुँ)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः; ‘measure/extent/allowance’ (contextual)

• मांस: meat
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्/नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (stem-form used in compound-like listing); item in a list

• लोह: iron/metal
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्/नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (list-item)

• लवण: salt
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्/नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (list-item)

• मणि: gem
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः (list-item)

• वर्जम्: excluding/excepting
• Type: Noun (verbal noun/gerundive-like usage)
• Root: वृज्/वर्ज् (वर्जने) → वर्ज
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गः; ‘excluding/excepting’ used adverbially with a list

Entities Mentioned

• māṃsa (meat)
• loha (metal)
• lavaṇa (salt)
• maṇi (gems)
• pala

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FAQs

Why exclude metal, salt, and gems from a general-purpose measure?

These are high-value or strategically sensitive commodities where tighter, specialized weighing and accounting reduce theft, adulteration, and revenue leakage.