Arthashastra 3.6.9: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 6, Sutra 9

Devanagari script

तेन त्रिवर्णद्विवर्णपुत्रविभागः क्षत्रियवैश्ययोर्व्याख्यातः ॥

Transliteration

tena trivarṇadvivarṇaputravibhāgaḥ kṣatriyavaiśyayorvyākhyātaḥ

Translation

इसी तरह का रूल क्षत्रिय और वैश्य के लिए भी है। अगर तीन या दो तरह की बीवियाँ हैं, तो भी यही हिस्से का हिसाब लगेगा।

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Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby; with that (statement/reason)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तृतीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (instrumental: 'by/with that')

• त्रिवर्ण-द्विवर्ण-पुत्र-विभागः: the classification/division of sons (with reference to) the three-varṇa and the two-varṇa (groups)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभाग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः: त्रिवर्णस्य द्विवर्णस्य च पुत्राणां विभागः (classification of sons of tri-varṇa and dvi-varṇa)

• क्षत्रिय-वैश्ययोः: of the Kṣatriya and the Vaiśya
• Type: Noun (dual compound)
• Root: क्षत्रिय; वैश्य
• Form: समासः: क्षत्रियश्च वैश्यश्च; षष्ठी-द्विवचन (genitive dual)

• व्याख्यातः: has been explained; has been set forth
• Type: Verb (past passive participle)
• Root: वि-आ-ख्या
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः; ‘explained/expounded’ agreeing with विभागः

Entities Mentioned

• kṣatriya
• vaiśya
• sons/heirs

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What does this sutra tell a judge to do in mixed-category cases?

Reuse the established proportional logic (from the four-category formula) to compute shares when only three or two categories are present.