Sutra 5

Devanagari script

अभूतं वा परकुड्यादपक्रम्य द्वावरत्नी त्रिपदीं वा देशबन्धं कारयेत् ॥ कZ_०३.८.०५ ॥

Transliteration

abhūtaṃ vā parakuḍyād apakramya dvāvaratnīṃ tripadīṃ vā deśabandhaṃ kārayet

Translation

यदि (रक्षा-पट्टी/सीमा-बन्ध) पहले से न हो, तो पड़ोसी की दीवार से पीछे हटकर—दो अरत्नि या तीन पद—का भूमि-बन्ध (सेटबैक/बफर) बनवाए।

Word by Word

• अभूतम्: a non-existent (portion) / an absent (wall)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: भू
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; भूत (कृदन्त, क्त) with privative अ- = ‘not existing/absent’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• परकुड्यात्: from another person’s wall
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुड्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, पञ्चमी; पर-कुड्य = ‘another’s wall’ (from the wall of another)

• अपक्रम्य: having moved away / after stepping back
• Type: Gerund (Absolutive)
• Root: अप-क्रम्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having stepped/moved away’

• द्वावरत्नीम्: (a distance of) two avaratnis
• Type: Noun (measure phrase)
• Root: द्वि + अवरत्नि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘two avaratnis’ (a linear measure)

• त्रिपदीम्: (a distance of) three steps
• Type: Noun (measure phrase)
• Root: त्रि + पद
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘three steps/foot-lengths’ as a measure

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• देशबन्धम्: boundary demarcation / fixing of the site limits
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश + बन्ध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; देशस्य बन्धः = boundary demarcation/tying of limits

• कारयेत्: should cause (it) to be done / should have (it) made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (णिच्)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, 3 एकवचन; causative ‘should cause to be done / should have made’

Entities Mentioned

• neighbor
• boundary wall
• builder
• deśabandha (buffer strip)

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