Arthashastra 3.9.29: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 9, Sutra 29

Devanagari script

पश्चान्निविष्टमधरतटाकं नोपरितटाकस्य केदारमुदकेनाप्लावयेत् ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.9.29

Transliteration

paścānniviṣṭamadharataṭākaṃ noparitaṭākasya kedāramudakenāplāvayet

Translation

अगर नीचे वाला तालाब बाद में बना है, तो वो ऊपर वाले तालाब के खेत को पानी से नहीं डुबा सकता। उसका हक़ माना जायेगा।

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Word by Word

• पश्चात्: afterwards; later (in sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (afterwards; later)

• निविष्टम्: situated; located; lying (lower)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: √विश् (विशँ प्रवेशने) + नि
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि/क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘settled/located/placed’

• अधर-तटाकम्: the lower tank (reservoir)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटाक
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (अधरः तटाकः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन द्वितीया; ‘the lower tank/pond’ (object)

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• उपरि-तटाकस्य: of the upper tank
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटाक
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (उपरि तटाकः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन षष्ठी; ‘of the upper tank’

• केदारम्: the (irrigated) field
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग एकवचन द्वितीया; ‘field (esp. irrigated plot)’ (object)

• उदकेन: with water; by means of water
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन तृतीया; करण (instrumental): ‘with/by water’

• अप्लावयेत्: should not flood/inundate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्लु (प्लुङ् गतौ/प्लावने) + आ
• Form: आ-उपसर्गपूर्वक causative (णिच्) ‘to cause to flood/inundate’; विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; निषेध ‘न’ के साथ: ‘should not inundate’

Entities Mentioned

• taṭāka
• kedāra

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What is protected in 3.9.29: water access or land integrity?

Land integrity against harmful inundation, especially protecting earlier/upper installations from later/lower works.