Sutra 10

Devanagari script

प्रस्थितागतानां च प्रवासावासकारणमनर्थ्यानां च स्त्रीपुरुषाणां चारप्रचारं च विद्युः ॥ कZ_०२.३५.१० ॥

Transliteration

prasthitāgatānāṃ ca pravāsāvāsakāraṇam anarthyānāṃ ca strīpuruṣāṇāṃ cārapracāraṃ ca vidyuḥ

Translation

出発と到着の理由—旅行のためか居住のためか—を把握し、さらに間者（スパイ）および疑わしい／好ましくない男女の動静も追跡すべきである。

Word by Word

• प्रस्थितागतानाम्: of those who have departed and (those who have) arrived
• Type: Noun (adjectival participles used substantively)
• Root: प्र-स्था (प्रस्थित) + आ-गम् (आगत)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (gen. pl.); masculine/neuter by context; compound of two past participles: प्रस्थित (gone forth/departed) + आगत (arrived/returned)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (coordinative)

• प्रवास: going abroad / absence / travel
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-वास्
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.); masculine

• आवास: dwelling / lodging / residence
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ-वास्
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.); masculine

• कारणम्: cause / reason
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ (→ कारण)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nom. sg.); neuter

• अनर्थ्यानाम्: of undesirable / unworthy (persons)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अनर्थ्य
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (gen. pl.); masculine/neuter by context; ‘unworthy/suspect/undesirable’ persons

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

• स्त्री: women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचन-समासार्थे (in coordination with पुरुषाणाम्); here understood as part of a gen. pl. pair ‘of women and men’

• पुरुषाणाम्: of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (gen. pl.); masculine; with स्त्री (women) as a coordinated pair

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

• चार: spy / agent
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर् (→ चार)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (acc. sg.) in compound with प्रचारम्; masculine

• प्रचारम्: movement / activity / circulation
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-चर् (→ प्रचार)
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (acc. sg.); masculine; with चार = ‘movement/operations of spies’

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

• विद्युः: they should know / ascertain
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगार्थे (injunctive/optative sense) परस्मैपदम्; 3rd person plural; ‘they should know/ascertain’ (context: officials/agents)

Entities Mentioned

• spies (cāra)
• suspicious persons (anarthya)
• migrants/travellers

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FAQs

Why is the ‘reason for travel/residence’ an administrative priority?

It helps detect evasion (tax/forced service), infiltration, and criminal flight, while also regulating settlement and labour availability.