Sutra 8

Devanagari script

स चेत्ब्रूयात्दायाद्यादवाप्तममुष्माल् लब्धं क्रीतं कारितमाधिप्रच्छन्नमयमस्य देशः कालश्चोपसम्प्राप्तेः अयमस्यार्घः प्रमाणं लक्षणं मूल्यं च इति तस्यागमसमाधौ मुच्येत ॥ कZ_०४.६.०८ ॥

Transliteration

sa cet brūyāt dāyādyād avāptam amuṣmāl labdhaṃ krītaṃ kāritam ādhipracchannam ayam asya deśaḥ kālaś copasamprāpteḥ ayam asyārghaḥ pramāṇaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ mūlyaṃ ca iti tasyāgamasamādhau mucyeta

Translation

Jika dia berkata: “Ia diperoleh melalui warisan (dan sebagainya); diterima daripada orang itu; dibeli; ditempah/dibuat atas arahan; atau diambil sebagai gadaian”; serta menyatakan tempat dan masa perolehan, bersama harganya, sukatan/ukuran, tanda pengenalan, dan nilai taksirannya—maka setelah asal-usulnya diselesaikan, dia dibebaskan.

Word by Word

सःhe (that person)

चेत्if

ब्रूयात्should say / were to say

दायाद्यात्from an heir

अवाप्तम्obtained

अमुष्मात्from that (person)

लब्धम्received / obtained

क्रीतम्bought / purchased

कारितम्caused to be made/done (commissioned)

आधि-प्रच्छन्नम्concealed/covered by a pledge (mortgaged/encumbered)

अयम्this

अस्यof this / his

देशःplace / locality

कालःtime

चand

उपसम्प्राप्तेःof the acquisition/coming into possession

अयम्this

अस्यof this / his

अर्घःvalue / price

प्रमाणम्proof / evidence (standard)

लक्षणम्mark / identifying feature

मूल्यम्price

चand

इतिthus (quoting)

तस्यof him / his

आगम-समाधौin the establishment/settlement of (lawful) acquisition/title

मुच्येतwould be released / be absolved

Entities Mentioned

possessor/claimant

seller/transferor (implicit)

pledge system (ādhi)

FAQs

What kind of ‘documentation’ does this verse effectively require?

A structured provenance narrative with verifiable fields (who/where/when/how acquired + price/measure/marks), functioning like an early compliance checklist.