Sutra 7

Devanagari script

अजस्रपण्यानां कालोपरोधं संकुलदोषं वा नोत्पादयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.१६.०७ ॥

Transliteration

ajasrapaṇyānāṃ kāloparodhaṃ saṃkuladoṣaṃ vā na utpādayet

Translation

常時流通する商品については、季節・時期による遅延や、混雑という欠陥（市場の過密・もつれ）を生じさせてはならない。

Word by Word

• अजस्रपण्यानाम्: of continuously saleable commodities / regularly traded goods
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्य
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (समासान्त-पद); आधार/सम्बन्धे षष्ठी

• कालोपरोधम्: delay / obstruction of time
• Type: Noun
• Root: उप-रुध्
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (पुं.); कालस्य उपरोधः

• संकुलदोषम्: a fault due to congestion/entanglement/confusion
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (पुं.); संकुलः दोषः

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• उत्पादयेत्: should not produce / should not cause to arise
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-पद्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; causative sense in context: ‘cause to arise/produce’

Entities Mentioned

• state trading authority
• market participants (implied)

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FAQs

What does Kauṭilya target by forbidding kāloparodha and saṃkuladoṣa?

Administrative bottlenecks—delays, hoarding-induced timing distortions, and congestion at points of sale—that raise transaction costs and destabilize prices for essential, frequently traded goods.