Arthashastra 3.4.36: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 4, Sutra 36
Devanagari script
तीर्थोपरोधो हि धर्मवध इति कौटिल्यः । इति ह्रस्वप्रवासः ॥
Transliteration
tīrthoparodho hi dharmavadha iti kauṭilyaḥ | iti hrasvapravāsaḥ
Translation
कौटिल्य कहते हैं कि तीर्थ का टाइम क्रॉस करना गलत है। यह धरम का नाश है। यहाँ छुटी बात खत्म।
Word by Word
तीर्थ-उपरोधःobstruction of a ‘tīrtha’ (state office/authority; public administrative function)
तीर्थ-उपरोधः:
TypeNoun
Rootउप-√रुध् (रुधिर्/रुध्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः: तीर्थस्य उपरोधः
हिindeed; for
हि:
TypeParticle
Formनिपात (हेतु/निश्चयार्थ)
धर्म-वधःdestruction of dharma (i.e., undermining the legal/moral order)
धर्म-वधः:
TypeNoun
Root√वध्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः: धर्मस्य वधः
इतिthus; so (quotative)
इति:
TypeParticle
Formउद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थ निपात
कौटिल्यःKauṭilya (the author)
कौटिल्यः:
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootकौटिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तृ/वक्तृ-निर्देश (author’s name)
इतिthus (end of statement/section marker)
इति:
TypeParticle
Formसमाप्त्यर्थ निपात (इत्यादि-समापन)
ह्रस्व-प्रवासःshort-term banishment/exile (a brief period of being sent away)
ह्रस्व-प्रवासः:
TypeNoun
Root√वस् (प्र-√वस्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः: ह्रस्वः प्रवासः (अल्पकालीनः प्रवासः)
Entities Mentioned
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KauṭilyaFAQs
Anti-delay governance: blocking prescribed procedural time-limits is treated as harming dharma itself—an explicit endorsement of time-bound adjudication and administrative accountability.
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