Sutra 30

Devanagari script

लुप्तव्यायामः प्रव्रजेदापृच्छ्य धर्मस्थान् ॥ कZ_०२.०१.३० ॥

Transliteration

luptavyāyāmaḥ pravrajed āpṛcchya dharmasthān

Translation

မိမိအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော အလုပ်တာဝန်ကို ပျောက်ဆုံးသွားသူ (သို့) ကင်းလွတ်ခွင့်ရသူသည် ဓမ္မသ္ထ (တရားရေးအာဏာပိုင်များ) ထံသို့ ကြိုတင်အကြောင်းကြား၍/ခွင့်ပြုချက်ရပြီးမှသာ သံဃာဝင်/ထွက်ခွာ၍ သာသနာဘဝသို့ ဝင်နိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• लुप्तव्यायामः: one whose training/exercise has lapsed; an untrained person
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: लुप्त (लुप्) + व्यायाम (√यम्/आ-यम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (व्यायामः लुप्तः यस्य सः)

• प्रव्रजेत्: should go away / should depart
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√व्रज्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘should go forth/should leave’

• आपृच्छ्य: having asked; after taking leave
• Type: Gerund (Absolutive)
• Root: आ√पृच्छ्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययम्; ‘having asked/after taking leave’

• धर्मस्थान्: the courts / judicial authorities
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मस्थान
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; ‘धर्मस्य स्थानम्’ इति समासः; कर्मपदम् (आपृच्छ्य)

Entities Mentioned

• dharmastha (judge/legal officer)
• person seeking pravrajyā

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FAQs

What is the role of dharmasthas here?

They function as the state’s legal checkpoint—recording/approving departures so obligations, disputes, and dependents are not abandoned.

What is the policy logic behind requiring leave/notice?

To prevent evasion of duties, debts, or legal cases by disappearing under the cover of renunciation.