Sutra 33

Devanagari script

विचितवस्त्रहस्तगुह्याः काञ्चनपृषतत्वष्टृतपनीयकारवो ध्मायकचरकपांसुधावकाः प्रविशेयुर्निष्कसेयुश्च ॥ कZ_०२.१३.३३ ॥

Transliteration

vicitavastrahastaguhyāḥ kāñcanapṛṣatatvaṣṭṛtapanīyakāravo dhmāyakacarakapāṃsudhāvakāḥ praviśeyur niṣkaseyuś ca

Translation

金工—斑点のある金を扱う者、金細工師、タパナ（精製金）の製造者、炉の送風者、圧延・引き伸ばし作業者、粉塵の洗浄者—は、衣服・手・隠し場所を検査された後にのみ出入りすべきである。

Word by Word

• विचित-वस्त्र-हस्त-गुह्याः: men disguised with varied clothes, with something in hand, and with concealed (secret) items
• Type: Noun (compound adjective)
• Root: विचि (वि+चि) / वस्त्र / हस्त / गुह्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; विशेषण (कर्तृपद)

• काञ्चन-पृषत-त्वष्टृ-तपनीय-कारवः: goldsmiths and related artisans—workers in gold (kāñcana), speckled/decorative work (pṛṣata), metal-shaping/carpentry (tvaṣṭṛ), refined-gold work (tapanīya)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: काञ्चन / पृषत / त्वष्टृ / तपनीय / कृ (कार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्तृपद (वृत्तिविशेषाः)

• ध्मायक-चरक-पांसु-धावकाः: bellows-blowers, itinerant workers, and dust-washers/cleaners
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: ध्मा (ध्मायक) / चर् (चरक) / पांसु / धाव् (धावक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्तृपद

• प्रविशेयुः: should enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+विश्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• निष्कसेयुः: should come out / should exit
• Type: Verb
• Root: निस्+कस्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

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

Entities Mentioned

• goldsmiths/artisans
• refinery/workshop staff
• security/search officials [implied]

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FAQs

Why are specific categories of gold-workers listed?

To close loopholes: each role has a different opportunity to conceal gold (on the body, in tools, in dust), so regulation names them explicitly for enforcement.

What modern control does this resemble?

Workplace access control plus mandatory searches at entry/exit in high-value manufacturing (e.g., bullion refineries, semiconductor fabs).