Arthashastra — Adhyakshaprachara, Sutra 10

Devanagari script

त्रीन् करीषांश्च जनयंस्तत्र सस्यागमो ध्रुवः ॥ कZ_०२.२४.१०च्द् ॥

Transliteration

trīn karīṣāṃś ca janayaṃs tatra sasyāgamo dhruvaḥ

Translation

それが karīṣa（肥やし）を三（量／層）生じさせるところでは、作物の到来（収穫）は確実である。

Word by Word

• त्रीन्: three
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (कर्मपद)

• करीषान्: manure cakes / dung (as fertilizer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करीष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (कर्मपद)

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

• जनयन्: producing / generating
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: जन् (जनयति)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त; शतृ-प्रत्यय; परस्मैपदी; प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (कर्तरि)

• तत्र: there; in that case/field
• Type: Adverb
• Root: तत्र
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• सस्यागमः: the coming/production of the crop; crop yield
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य + आगम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (कर्तृ/विषय)

• ध्रुवः: certain; assured
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (सस्यागमः इति विशेष्यस्य)

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FAQs

Why tie assured harvest to manure production/application?

It operationalizes fertility as an input standard—useful for state farms, leases, and audits of cultivator performance.