Arthashastra 3.10.45: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 10, Sutra 45

Devanagari script

तेन देशजातिकुलसंघानां समयस्यानपाकर्म व्याख्यातम् ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.10.45

Transliteration

tena deśajātikulasaṃghānāṃ samayasyānapākarma vyākhyātam

Translation

इससे यह भी क्लियर हो जाता है कि किसी देश, जाति, कुल या ग्रुप की अग्रीमेंट तोड़ने का क्या रूल है। अगर कोई अपनी मंज़ूरी नहीं निभाता, तो क्या करना है।

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Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma; instrumental singular; masculine/neuter (contextual)

• देश: region; locality
• Type: Noun
• Root: देश
• Form: masculine; stem in -a; (in compound) first member

• जाति: community; caste; group by birth
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति
• Form: feminine; stem in -i; (in compound) first member

• कुल: family; lineage
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: neuter; stem in -a; (in compound) first member

• संघानाम्: of associations; of corporations; of guilds/collectives
• Type: Noun
• Root: संघ
• Form: masculine; genitive plural

• समयस्य: of the convention; of the agreement; of the established rule
• Type: Noun
• Root: समय
• Form: masculine; genitive singular

• अनपाकर्म: non-revocation; non-setting-aside; non-forfeiture (of the convention)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनपाकर्मन्
• Form: neuter; accusative singular; object of व्याख्यातम्; formed with privative prefix अन्-

• व्याख्यातम्: has been explained; has been set forth
• Type: Verb (Past Passive Participle used predicatively)
• Root: वि-आ-ख्या
• Form: PPP; neuter nominative/accusative singular; impersonal/passive sense: 'has been explained/expounded'

Entities Mentioned

• deśa (region)
• jāti (community)
• kula (lineage)
• saṅgha (corporate body)

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What does Kauṭilya achieve by this closing generalization?

He converts a specific rule-set into a template applicable across multiple social units, enabling uniform enforcement of diverse customary compacts.