Arthashastra 3.12.22: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 12, Sutra 22
Devanagari script
याचितकमवक्रीतकं वा यथाविधं गृह्णीयुस्तथाविधमेवार्पयेयुः ॥
Transliteration
yācitakam avakrītakaṃ vā yathāvidhaṃ gṛhṇīyus tathāvidham evārpayeyuḥ
Translation
जब कोई चीज़ माँग के ली या क्रेडिट पे ली, उस्से सही तरह लेना। और वापस करते वक़्त भी वैसे ही देना। जैसा लिया, वैसा ही रिटर्न करना।
Word by Word
याचितकम्a thing obtained by solicitation/begging (a solicited item)
याचितकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootयाच्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (याचित) + क-प्रत्यय (याचितक)
अवक्रीतकम्a thing bought at a reduced/underpriced rate (a discounted purchase)
अवक्रीतकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअव-√क्री
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (क्रीत) + क-प्रत्यय; उपसर्गः अव-
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)
यथा-विधम्according to the prescribed procedure
यथा-विधम्:
TypeAdverb
Rootयथा + विध
Formअव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः—‘विधिना यथा’
गृह्णीयुःthey should take/accept
गृह्णीयुः:
TypeVerb
Root√ग्रह्
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
तथा-विधम्in the same corresponding manner
तथा-विधम्:
TypeAdverb
Rootतथा + विध
Formअव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः—‘तथैव विधिना’
एवindeed; exactly
एव:
TypeParticle
Rootएव
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/only)
आर्पयेयुःthey should deliver/hand over/return (accordingly)
आर्पयेयुः:
TypeVerb
Root√अर्प्
Formणिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative) ‘अर्पयति’; लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
FAQs
Symmetry of obligation: receive according to agreed terms and return according to the same terms/standard.
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