Sutra 28

Devanagari script

असमरप्रयोग्याः पौरजानपदानामर्थेन वृषा वडवास्वायोज्याः ॥ कZ_०२.३०.२८ ॥

Transliteration

asamaraprayogyāḥ paurajānapadānām arthena vṛṣā vaḍavāsv āyojyāḥ

Translation

စစ်မြေပြင်တွင် အသုံးမဝင်သော တိရစ္ဆာန်များကို မြင်းမများအတွက် မျိုးထုတ်မြင်းအဖြစ် ခန့်အပ်ရမည်။ ထိုကုန်ကျစရိတ်ကို မြို့သူမြို့သားနှင့် ကျေးလက်အသိုင်းအဝိုင်းတို့၏ ရန်ပုံငွေ/အခွန်အရင်းအမြစ်များဖြင့် ထောက်ပံ့ရမည်။

Word by Word

• असमरप्रयोग्याः: unfit for military use
• Type: Adjective (Participle used adjectivally)
• Root: प्र-युज्
• Form: प्रयोग्य (gerundive/योग्य-derivative from √युज् with उपसर्ग प्र-), with नञ्-पूर्वपद; बहुवचनम् प्रथमा पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (agreeing with वृषाः/वडवाः)

• पौर: of townsmen / urban
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: पुर्/पुर
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी बहुवचन (qualifying जनपदानाम)

• जनपदानाम्: of the janapadas (territories/countryside districts)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनपद
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी बहुवचन

• अर्थेन: by (their) value / for economic purpose
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन

• वृषाः: bulls
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचन

• वडवाः: mares
• Type: Noun
• Root: वडवा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचन

• व: and / also
• Type: Particle
• Root: व
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (coordination: ‘and/also’)

• अश्वायोज्याः: to be yoked/assigned for horse(-related) use
• Type: Adjective (Participle used adjectivally)
• Root: युज्
• Form: अश्व + आयोज्य (gerundive/योग्य-derivative from √युज्); बहुवचनम् प्रथमा पुं/स्त्री (agreeing with वृषाः/वडवाः)

Entities Mentioned

• townspeople (paura)
• countryside communities (jānapada)
• studs
• mares

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FAQs

What is the political-economic logic of charging local communities for this program?

Beneficiary-pays and burden-sharing: communities gain improved stock and transport capacity, while the central stable system avoids carrying the full fiscal load for non-combat animals.