Sutra 4

Devanagari script

सौभाग्यालंकारवृद्ध्या सहस्रेण वारं कनिष्ठं मध्यममुत्तमं वारोपयेत् छत्रभृङ्गारव्यजनशिबिकापीठिकारथेषु च विशेषार्थम् ॥ कZ_०२.२७.०४ ॥

Transliteration

saubhāgyālaṃkāravṛddhyā sahasreṇa vāraṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ madhyamam uttamaṃ vāropayet chatra-bhṛṅgāra-vyajana-śibikā-pīṭhikā-ratheṣu ca viśeṣārtham

Translation

ဆွဲဆောင်မှုနှင့် အလှဆင်ပစ္စည်းများ တိုးလာသလို၊ တစ်ကြိမ်ဆောင်ရွက်ခအဖြစ် တစ်ထောင်စီ တိုးမြှင့်ကာ အနိမ့်၊ အလတ်၊ အမြင့် ဟူ၍ အဆင့်ခွဲ သတ်မှတ်ရမည်။ ထို့ပြင် ထီး၊ အလှပြင်အဆင်အထူး၊ ပန်ကာကိုင်အမှုထမ်း၊ စင်္ကြံတင်လှည်း (ပလန်ကင်)၊ ထိုင်ခုံနှင့် ရထား စသည့် ထူးခြားချက်များအတွက် အထူးအခကြေးငွေ သတ်မှတ်နိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• सौभाग्य-अलंकार-वृद्ध्या: by an increase/addition of auspicious ornaments (enhancing good fortune/appearance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृध्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; समासः—सौभाग्यस्य अलंकारस्य वृद्धिः (वृद्धि-शब्दः), तया

• सहस्रेण: by a thousand (as a unit/measure)
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; करण/प्रमाण-तृतीया

• वारम्: the pay/allowance (rate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म

• कनिष्ठम्: lowest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कनिष्ठ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; वारम् इति विशेषणम्

• मध्यमम्: middle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यम
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; वारम् इति विशेषणम्

• उत्तमम्: highest
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; वारम् इति विशेषणम्

• वार-उपयेत्: should apply/fix (the pay) / should increase (the rate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-इ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; कर्म—वारम्; अर्थः—उपयोजयेत्/वर्धयेत्/प्रयुञ्जीत

• छत्र-भृङ्गार-व्यजन-शिबिका-पीठिका-रथेषु: in/for umbrellas, (ornamental) ewers, fans, palanquins, seats/stools, and chariots
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व-समासः (छत्र + भृङ्गार + व्यजन + शिबिका + पीठिका + रथ) ; अधिकरण

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• विशेष-अर्थम्: for a special purpose / as a special (additional) consideration
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य-कारक (अर्थे द्वितीया)

Entities Mentioned

• gaṇikādhyakṣa
• courtesan establishment
• clients (implicit)

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FAQs

What modern policy concept resembles this fee structure?

Tiered pricing with luxury surcharges—standard tariffs plus add-ons for premium service features.

Why would the state standardize such distinctions?

To prevent undercutting and disputes, ensure predictable taxation/revenue, and align pricing with perceived value and public display costs.