Sutra 20
Devanagari script
अप्राप्तव्यवहाराणां देयविशुद्धं मातृबन्धुषु ग्रामवृद्धेषु वा स्थापयेयुः आव्यवहारप्रापणात्प्रोषितस्य वा ॥ कZ_०३.५.२० ॥
Transliteration
aprāptavyavahārāṇāṃ deyaviśuddhaṃ mātṛbandhuṣu grāmavṛddheṣu vā sthāpayeyuḥ āvyavahāraprāpaṇāt proṣitasya vā
Translation
जिनका अभी व्यवहार (लेन-देन) आरम्भ नहीं हुआ है, उनके देय का शुद्ध (दायित्व घटाकर) भाग मातृ-बंधुओं या ग्राम के वृद्धों के पास जमा कराया जाए; तथा जो व्यवहार में प्रवृत्त न होने के कारण या प्रवास के कारण अनुपस्थित हो, उसके लिए भी यही किया जाए।
Word by Word
अप्राप्तव्यवहाराणाम्of those who have not attained legal capacity for transactions/litigation
अप्राप्तव्यवहाराणाम्:
TypeNoun (adjectival compound used substantively)
Rootप्राप् (प्र + आप्)
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचन; पुं/नपुं (सामान्य-विशेषणरूपेण), ‘व्यवहार’ = न्याय/विवाद-व्यवहार; अप्राप्त = न प्राप्त
देयविशुद्धम्the verified/clear amount payable (or property free from claims)
देयविशुद्धम्:
TypeNoun/Adjective (compound; object)
Rootशुध् (वि + शुध्) / शुद्ध (कृदन्त-विशेषण)
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; देय = देयम् (what is to be paid/owed), विशुद्ध = purified/clear (free from claims)
मातृबन्धुषुamong the maternal relatives
मातृबन्धुषु:
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु
Formसप्तमी-बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; मातृ- (mother’s) + बन्धु (kinsmen)
ग्रामवृद्धेषुamong the village elders
ग्रामवृद्धेषु:
TypeNoun (adjectival noun)
Rootवृद्ध
Formसप्तमी-बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; ग्राम- (of the village) + वृद्ध (elders)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
स्थापयेयुःthey should deposit/entrust (it)
स्थापयेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (causative: स्थापय-)
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; causative ‘they should cause to be placed/deposited’
आव्यवहारप्रापणात्until the attainment of legal competence (for transactions/litigation)
आव्यवहारप्रापणात्:
TypeNoun (action noun; ablative)
Rootप्राप् (प्र + आप्)
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; आ-व्यवहार = ‘not fit for legal transaction/litigation’ (न्यायव्यवहार-अयोग्य), प्रापण = attainment/coming of (legal capacity)
प्रोषितस्यof an absentee (one who is away)
प्रोषितस्य:
TypeNoun/Adjective (past participle used substantively)
Rootवस् (प्र + उष्/वस्; प्रोषित = gone abroad/absent)
Formषष्ठी-एकवचन; पुं/नपुं; ‘of one who is away/absent (from home)’
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)
Entities Mentioned
M
minors/incapable partiesM
maternal relativesV
village eldersA
absent heirFAQs
Their net due share should be placed in trusted custody—maternal kin or village elders—until they can manage it.
They serve as locally accountable fiduciaries, reducing embezzlement risk and easing verification within the community.