Arthashastra — Adhyakshaprachara, Sutra 3

Devanagari script

कार्यस्यान्यथाकरणे वेतननाशः तद्द्विगुणश्च दण्डः ॥ कZ_०२.१४.०३ ॥

Transliteration

kāryasyānyathākaraṇe vetananāśaḥ taddviguṇaśca daṇḍaḥ

Translation

တာဝန်ပေးထားသော အလုပ်ကို သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့်နည်းလမ်းမဟုတ်ဘဲ အခြားနည်းဖြင့် လုပ်ဆောင်ပါက လုပ်ခလစာကို ဆုံးရှုံးရမည်၊ ထို့အပြင် ထိုလစာ၏ နှစ်ဆတန်ဖိုးဖြင့် ဒဏ်ငွေ ချမှတ်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• कार्यस्य: of the work / of the assigned task
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन; 'कार्य' (कृत्य/कार्य)

• अन्यथा: otherwise; in a different manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• करणे: in doing / in the performance
• Type: Noun (verbal noun)
• Root: कृ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन; 'करण' (कृ + ल्युट्)

• वेतननाशः: loss/forfeiture of wages
• Type: Noun
• Root: नश्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; वेतनस्य नाशः

• तत्: that (i.e., that amount/that penalty)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; अन्वयः—वेतननाशः (तत् = तस्य/एतस्य)

• द्विगुणः: twofold; double
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; द्वि-गुण (twofold)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• दण्डः: fine; penalty
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• workers/contractors
• state authority (imposing wages/fines)

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FAQs

What is the prescribed sanction for doing assigned work incorrectly?

Forfeit the wage and pay a fine equal to twice the wage.

What administrative principle is implied?

Outcome must match specification; penalties are pegged to wage to scale with the job’s value.