Sutra 8

Devanagari script

वृत्तोपनयनस्त्रयीमान्वीक्षिकीं च शिष्टेभ्यो वार्त्तामध्यक्षेभ्यो दण्डनीतिं वक्तृप्रयोक्तृभ्यः ॥ कZ_०१.५.०८ ॥

Transliteration

vṛtta-upanayanaḥ trayīm ānvīkṣikīṃ ca śiṣṭebhyo vārttām adhyakṣebhyo daṇḍanītiṃ vaktṛ-prayoktṛbhyaḥ

Translation

បន្ទាប់ពីពិធីប្រពៃណីនៃការចូលសិក្សា (ឧបនយនៈ) គាត់គួររៀនវេទទាំងបី និងវិជ្ជាស៊ើបអង្កេត/ហេតុវិចារណ៍ពីអ្នកប្រាជ្ញមានវប្បធម៌; រៀនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចអនុវត្ត (វារត្តា) ពីប្រធាននាយកដ្ឋាន; និងវិទ្យានៃទណ្ឌកម្ម/ការគ្រប់គ្រង (ទណ្ឌនីតិ) ពីគ្រូបង្រៀន និងអ្នកអនុវត្តដែលជំនាញ។

Word by Word

वृत्तोपनयन(training in) conduct and initiation

त्रयीम्the three Vedas / Vedic lore

आन्वीक्षिकीम्(the discipline of) inquiry/logic/philosophy

चand

शिष्टेभ्यःfrom the learned/educated (authorities)

वार्त्ताम्economics / livelihood-science (vārttā)

अध्यक्षेभ्यःfrom the superintendents

दण्डनीतिम्the science of polity / governance (policy of punishment)

वक्तृप्रयोक्तृभ्यःfrom the expounders and practitioners/teachers

Entities Mentioned

śiṣṭa (learned elite)

adhyakṣa (superintendent)

vaktṛ/prayoktṛ (instructor/practitioner)

FAQs

What institutional model of learning is suggested here?

A mixed model: normative/theoretical instruction from scholars, applied economic training from departmental administrators, and governance enforcement from experienced operators.

What is the administrative meaning of learning vārttā from adhyakṣas?

Economic policy is treated as operational knowledge best learned from those running state departments—an early apprenticeship model.