Sutra 21

Devanagari script

अन्येषां वा बध्नतां भूमिमार्गवृक्षोपकरणानुग्रहं कुर्यात्पुण्यस्थानारामाणां च ॥ कZ_०२.०१.२१ ॥

Transliteration

anyeṣāṃ vā badhnatāṃ bhūmimārgavṛkṣopakaraṇānugrahaṃ kuryāt puṇyasthānārāmāṇāṃ ca

Translation

また、他者が（そのような工事を）行うときは、土地、通行路、木材・樹木、器具を与えて援助すべきであり、功徳の場や公共の園についても同様である。

Word by Word

• अन्येषाम्: of others (i.e., of other persons)
• Type: Pronoun (used adjectivally)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Gen. pl.), पुं./नपुं. (contextual)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• बध्नताम्: of those who are constructing/binding (i.e., making/setting up)
• Type: Verb (present participle)
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्तः (शतृ), षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Gen. pl.), परस्मैपदम्; ‘बध्नत्’ = binding/constructing

• भूमि: land/ground
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (as compound-member)

• मार्ग: road/path
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (as compound-member)

• वृक्ष: tree
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (as compound-member)

• उपकरण: equipment/implements
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपकरण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (as compound-member)

• अनुग्रहम्: assistance/favor/support
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘भूमि-मार्ग-वृक्ष-उपकरण-अनुग्रहम्’ = assistance regarding land, roads, trees, and implements

• कुर्यात्: should do/should provide
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• पुण्य: meritorious/sacred
• Type: Adjective (used as compound-member)
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: नपुंसक/पुं (contextual), प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (as compound-member)

• स्थान: places/sites
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Gen. pl.) in ‘पुण्यस्थानानाम्’ after sandhi-resolution

• आरामाणाम्: of parks/gardens
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (Gen. pl.)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

Entities Mentioned

• private builders/communities (anyeṣām)
• puṇyasthāna
• ārāma

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FAQs

What governance tool is used in 2.1.21?

Targeted state facilitation—granting inputs (land, access, materials, tools) to stimulate socially useful construction without the state bearing full cost.