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Arthashastra 3.5.28: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 5, Sutra 28

अदायादकं राजा हरेत्स्त्रीवृत्तिप्रेतकार्यवर्जमन्यत्र श्रोत्रियद्रव्यात् ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.5.28

adāyādakaṃ rājā haret strīvṛtti-pretakārya-varjam anyatra śrotriya-dravyāt

जिसका कोई वारिस नहीं है, राजा उसका माल ले सकता है। लेकिन औरत के खर्च और अंतिम संस्कार के पैसे अलग रखने हैं। रिशियों का माल राजा नहीं ले सकता।

अदायादकम्(the property/person) without an heir; heirless (estate)
अदायादकम्:
TypeNoun (adjective used substantively)
Rootदायाद
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; नञ्-पूर्वकं (अ- + दायादक) ‘he who has no heir’
राजाthe king
राजा:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्तृ
हरेत्should take (appropriate)
हरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootहृ
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘should take/appropriate’
स्त्रीवृत्तिwomen’s maintenance/means of livelihood (to be reserved)
स्त्रीवृत्ति:
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्ति
Formस्त्रीणां वृत्तिः; स्त्रीवृत्तिः (स्त्री + वृत्ति) स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (वर्ज्यम् इत्यन्वयात्)
प्रेतकार्यexpenses for funeral/obsequial rites
प्रेतकार्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य
Formप्रेतस्य कार्यम्; प्रेतकार्यं (प्रेत + कार्य) नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (वर्ज्यम् इत्यन्वयात्)
वर्जम्excluding; excepting
वर्जम्:
TypeVerbal adjective (gerundive/PPP-like usage)
Rootवर्ज
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘excluding/excepting’ (वर्जयित्वा/वर्जितम्-अर्थे)
अन्यत्रexcept; otherwise than
अन्यत्र:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यत्र
Formअव्ययम्; ‘except/otherwise than’
श्रोत्रियद्रव्यात्from the property of a śrotriya (learned Vedic Brahmin)
श्रोत्रियद्रव्यात्:
TypeNoun
Rootद्रव्य
Formश्रोत्रियस्य द्रव्यम्; श्रोत्रियद्रव्यं नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; तस्मात् = पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (ablative)
K
king/state
W
women dependents
D
deceased (preta)
Ś
śrotriya

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It permits state appropriation of heirless estates, but ring-fences funds for dependents’ maintenance and mandatory rites, limiting fiscal extraction where social order would be harmed.

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