Sutra 36

Devanagari script

राजन्यं वैश्यं वा मा तवेष्टापूर्तफलं कपालहस्तः शत्रुकुलं भिक्षार्थी गच्छेः इति ॥ कZ_०३.११.३६ ॥

Transliteration

rājanyaṃ vaiśyaṃ vā mā taveṣṭāpūrtaphalaṃ kapālahastaḥ śatrukulaṃ bhikṣārthī gaccheḥ iti

Translation

က்ஂသတ္တရိယ သို့မဟုတ် ဝိုင်ရှျ (သက်သေ) အား «သင်၏ ယဇ္ဉနှင့် အများပြည်သူအကျိုးပြု လှူဒါန်းမှုတို့၏ အကျိုးဖလ မသင်ထံ မရောက်ပါစေ; လက်တွင် ဆွမ်းခံခွက်ကိုင်ကာ ရန်သူအိမ်သို့ ဆွမ်းခံရန် သွားပါစေ» ဟု ဆိုရမည်။

Word by Word

राजन्यम्a Kshatriya (member of the royal/warrior class)

वैश्यम्a Vaishya (member of the commoner/merchant-agricultural class)

वाor

माdo not

त्वyour

इष्टापूर्तफलम्the merit/reward of sacrificial and charitable acts (ishta) and public works (purta)

कपालहस्तःone holding a begging bowl (a beggar/ascetic with a bowl in hand)

शत्रुकुलम्the enemy’s family/household/lineage

भिक्षार्थीseeking alms (a mendicant)

गच्छेःyou should go / (with mā) you should not go

इतिthus (so said/quoted)

Entities Mentioned

Kṣatriya (rājanya)

Vaiśya

FAQs

What is the political logic of a status-calibrated oath?

Deterrence works best when the threatened loss targets what the group values most (honor, merit, standing), improving truthful compliance without constant enforcement.