Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 13 Sutra 50 - Arthashastra | Marathi | Vedapath

Sutra 50

Devanagari script

एतस्मात्काकण्युत्तरमाद्विमाषादिति सुवर्णे देयम् पश्चाद् रागयोगः श्वेततारं भवति ॥ कZ_०२.१३.५० ॥

Transliteration

etasmāt kākaṇyuttaram ād vimāṣād iti suvarṇe deyam paścād rāgayogaḥ śvetatāraṃ bhavati

Translation

यातून सुवर्णात देण्याचे प्रमाण: एक काकणीपेक्षा अधिक ते दोन माषांपर्यंत. त्यानंतर राग-योग लावल्यास रौप्य श्वेत/उज्ज्वल होते.

Word by Word

एतस्मात्from this (amount/standard)

काकणी-उत्तरम्(an amount) one kākaṇī more than this

आup to

द्वि-माषात्from (the level of) two māṣas

इतिthus (so stated)

सुवर्णेin the case of a suvarṇa (gold standard/coin)

देयम्is to be paid / should be given

पश्चात्afterwards

राग-योगःthe application/mixture of dye (colouring process)

श्वेत-तारम्a white streak/white line (white ‘thread’ mark)

भवतिbecomes / occurs

Entities Mentioned

kākaṇī (weight/standard unit)

māṣa (weight unit)

suvarṇa (gold)

tāra (silver)

Why is specifying dosage in standard units politically important?

It enables budgeting, prevents pilferage of precious inputs, and supports uniform output—core to state revenue and trust in official products.