Sutra 35

Devanagari script

कुटुम्बिनः कृत्येषु श्वेतसुरामौषधार्थं वारिष्टमन्यद्वा कर्तुं लभेरन् ॥ कZ_०२.२५.३५ ॥

Transliteration

kuṭumbinaḥ kṛtyeṣu śvetasurāmauṣadhārthaṃ vāriṣṭam anyad vā kartuṃ labheran

Translation

家長は、家庭内の用務のために、白酒および薬用を目的として、vāriṣṭa（発酵飲料）または別の調製品を作ることを許可され得る。

Word by Word

• कुटुम्बिनः: householders; heads of families
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटुम्बिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (कर्तृ)

• कृत्येषु: in/with regard to duties/necessary tasks
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-बहुवचन (अधिकरण)

• श्वेतसुरा: white liquor
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतसुरा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (समासपद; श्वेता सुरा)

• औषधार्थम्: for medicinal purpose
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधार्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे प्रयुक्तं (purpose: ‘for medicine’)

• वारिष्टम्: vāriṣṭa (a fermented drink)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारिष्ट
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म)

• अन्यत्: something else/another (drink)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (वारिष्टम् इत्यस्य विकल्पः)

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

• कर्तुम्: to make/prepare
• Type: Verb (Infinitive)
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्तुम् = ‘to make/do’

• लभेरन्: may obtain/should be allowed (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (आज्ञा/अनुज्ञा-भाव); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

Entities Mentioned

• kuṭumbinaḥ (householders)
• vāriṣṭa
• śveta-surā
• auṣadha (medicine)

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FAQs

What administrative principle is implied by allowing householders to make vāriṣṭa?

A limited exemption model: private production is tolerated only under defined purposes (rites/medicine), implying the state distinguishes controlled domestic need from commercial manufacture.

Why specify medicinal purpose in an excise context?

To prevent a blanket exemption: ‘medicine’ becomes a legally narrow justification, reducing abuse while permitting legitimate therapeutic fermentation.