Arthashastra 3.12.47: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 12, Sutra 47

Devanagari script

स एनं बन्धनागारगतो याचेत ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.12.47

Transliteration

sa enaṃ bandhanāgāragato yācet

Translation

फिर वो आदमी जेल में जाके माँग करे, मेरा सामान मेरे पास करो।

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Word by Word

• सः: he (that person)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• एनम्: him (this person)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एन्-आदेश)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• बन्धनागारगतः: having gone to the prison / being in prison
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: गम्
• Form: समास: बन्धनस्य आगारम् = बन्धनागारम्; बन्धनागारं गतः = बन्धनागारगतः; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (गत); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• याचेत्: should request / should petition
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• prisoner/claimant
• prison (bandhanāgāra)
• custodian

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Why recognize a claim made from prison?

Detention should not extinguish property rights; the rule limits opportunistic denial by custodians when the claimant’s mobility and witnesses are constrained.