Sutra 28

Devanagari script

अदायादकं राजा हरेत्स्त्रीवृत्तिप्रेतकार्यवर्जमन्यत्र श्रोत्रियद्रव्यात् ॥ कZ_०३.५.२८ ॥

Transliteration

adāyādakaṃ rājā haret strīvṛtti-pretakārya-varjam anyatra śrotriya-dravyāt

Translation

တရားဝင်အမွေဆက်ခံသူမရှိသော ပစ္စည်းကို မင်းက (နိုင်ငံပိုင်အဖြစ်) ယူရမည်—သို့သော် မိန်းမ၏ ထိန်းသိမ်းစရိတ်နှင့် သေဆုံးသူအတွက် သင်္ဂြိုဟ်/အလှူအတန်း အလုပ်များအတွက် သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် ပစ္စည်းကို ချန်လှပ်ရမည်။ သို့ရာတွင် śrotriya ၏ ပစ္စည်းအပေါ်တွင်တော့ မသက်ဆိုင်။

Word by Word

• अदायादकम्: (the property/person) without an heir; heirless (estate)
• Type: Noun (adjective used substantively)
• Root: दायाद
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; नञ्-पूर्वकं (अ- + दायादक) ‘he who has no heir’

• राजा: the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्तृ

• हरेत्: should take (appropriate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘should take/appropriate’

• स्त्रीवृत्ति: women’s maintenance/means of livelihood (to be reserved)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति
• Form: स्त्रीणां वृत्तिः; स्त्रीवृत्तिः (स्त्री + वृत्ति) स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (वर्ज्यम् इत्यन्वयात्)

• प्रेतकार्य: expenses for funeral/obsequial rites
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: प्रेतस्य कार्यम्; प्रेतकार्यं (प्रेत + कार्य) नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (वर्ज्यम् इत्यन्वयात्)

• वर्जम्: excluding; excepting
• Type: Verbal adjective (gerundive/PPP-like usage)
• Root: वर्ज
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘excluding/excepting’ (वर्जयित्वा/वर्जितम्-अर्थे)

• अन्यत्र: except; otherwise than
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र
• Form: अव्ययम्; ‘except/otherwise than’

• श्रोत्रियद्रव्यात्: from the property of a śrotriya (learned Vedic Brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: श्रोत्रियस्य द्रव्यम्; श्रोत्रियद्रव्यं नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; तस्मात् = पञ्चमी एकवचनम् (ablative)

Entities Mentioned

• king/state
• women dependents
• deceased (preta)
• śrotriya

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FAQs

How does this rule balance revenue with social duty?

It permits state appropriation of heirless estates, but ring-fences funds for dependents’ maintenance and mandatory rites, limiting fiscal extraction where social order would be harmed.