Arthashastra 3.7.9: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 7, Sutra 9
Devanagari script
बन्धुनोत्सृष्टोऽपविद्धः संस्कर्तुः पुत्रः ॥ कZ_०३.७.०९ ॥
Transliteration
bandhunotsṛṣṭo 'paviddhaḥ saṃskartuḥ putraḥ
Translation
जिस बच्चे को रिश्तेदार छोड़ के चले गये हो, उसको अपविद्ध बोलते हैं। जो उसको उठा ले और पाल-पोश के बड़ा करे, वो उसका बाप माना जाता है।
Word by Word
बन्धुनाby/through a kinsman; by relatives
बन्धुना:
TypeNoun
Rootबन्धु
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचन (करण/हेतु/सहयोगे)
उत्सृष्टःabandoned; cast off
उत्सृष्टः:
TypeParticiple
Rootउत्-√सृज्
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे ‘cast off/abandoned’
अपविद्धःrejected; discarded; repudiated
अपविद्धः:
TypeParticiple
Rootअप-√व्यध्/√विद् (अपविध्)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘thrown away/rejected’
संस्कर्तुःof the adopter/guardian (the one who performs the saṃskāras)
संस्कर्तुः:
TypeNoun
Rootसं-√कृ (संस्कर्तृ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन; कर्तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
Entities Mentioned
A
apaviddhaS
saṃskartṛFAQs
It incentivizes care and regularizes succession by tying legal paternity to publicly observable responsibility (maintenance and rites).
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