Sutra 4

Devanagari script

जरद्गुधेनुगर्भिणीपष्ठौहीवत्सतरीणां समविभागं रूपशतमेकः पालयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२९.०४ ॥

Transliteration

jaradgudhenugarbhiṇīpaṣṭhauhīvatsatarīṇāṃ samavibhāgaṃ rūpaśatam ekaḥ pālayet

Translation

Seorang pengasuh harus memelihara satu unit bernilai seratus rūpa, yang terdiri dari bagian yang sama dari sapi tua, sapi yang memiliki anak, sapi bunting, dan sapi dara (vatsatarī).

Word by Word

• जरद्गुधेनुगर्भिणीपष्ठौहीवत्सतरीणाम्: of old cows, cows with calves, milch-cows, pregnant cows, (pashṭauhī-type cows), and heifers (vat­satarī)
• Type: Noun (genitive plural compound)
• Root: (multiple) जरत् + गुधा + धेनु + गर्भिणी + पष्ठौही + वत्सतरी
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रधान (ending -णाम्); denotes a category/group of cattle: ‘of (those) …’

• समविभागम्: equal division / equal allotment
• Type: Noun (action noun)
• Root: वि-भज्
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोग (object of ‘to maintain/arrange’); ‘equal distribution/allotment’

• रूपशतम्: one hundred rūpas
• Type: Noun (measure/value)
• Root: रूप
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; ‘a hundred rūpas’ (monetary value)

• एकः: one (person)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुल्लिङ्गम्; subject: ‘one (person/keeper)’

• पालयेत्: should maintain / should keep (under care)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘should protect/maintain/keep’

Entities Mentioned

• caretaker/herdsman
• cow categories (aged, with calves, pregnant, heifers)

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FAQs

Why insist on an equal mix of cow categories?

To balance productivity and risk: some animals yield current output (milk), others are reproductive stock; equalization reduces manipulation and stabilizes future supply.