Arthashastra 3.2.32: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 2, Sutra 32

Devanagari script

कामकरणीयमपि स्त्रीधनं विन्दमाना पुत्रसंस्थं कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०३.२.३२ ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.2.32

Transliteration

kāmakaraṇīyam api strīdhanaṃ vindamānā putrasaṃsthaṃ kuryāt

Translation

जो दहेज औरत अपने लिए खरीदी या पा ली, वो भी बेटों के लिए ही फिक्स करके रख देना चाहिए। उनका ही होना चाहिए।

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• कामकरणीयम्: (even if it is) to be done for pleasure / a matter of desire
• Type: Adjective (Kṛdanta)
• Root: कृ (करण) / काम (इच्छा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; कृदन्त-विशेषण: करणीय (gerundive, ‘to be done’), ‘कामस्य करणीयम्’ = ‘to be done as desired/for pleasure’

• अपि: even, although
• Type: Particle
• Root: अपि
• Form: निपात; concessive ‘even/although’

• स्त्रीधनम्: woman’s property (strīdhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘स्त्रियाः धनम्’

• विन्दमाना: while finding/obtaining
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: विद् (विन्दति)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), आत्मनेपदी-प्रयोग; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; ‘finding/obtaining’ (agreeing with implied ‘she’ = स्त्री)

• पुत्रसंस्थम्: (as) vested/settled in the son
• Type: Adjective/Noun (compound)
• Root: संस्था (from सम्-स्था)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘पुत्रे संस्थम्’ / ‘पुत्रस्य संस्थम्’ = ‘placed/settled with the son; vested in the son’ (qualifies the object understood with कुर्यात्)

• कुर्यात्: should make/should arrange
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should make/should arrange’

Entities Mentioned

• woman (property-holder)
• sons

More Details

FAQs

What administrative aim is served by restricting dissipation of even 'pleasure' property?

It prioritizes predictable succession and child maintenance over consumption, reducing later inheritance disputes and dependency.