Sutra 15

Devanagari script

तत्सधर्मा मातापितृभ्यामद्भिर्मुक्तो दत्तः ॥ कZ_०३.७.१५ ॥

Transliteration

tatsadharmā mātāpitr̥bhyām adbhiḥ mukto dattaḥ

Translation

«ပေးအပ်သား» (datta) ဟူသည် မိခင်နှင့် ဖခင်တို့က ရေကန့်သတ်ပွဲ (water-rite) ဖြင့် လွှတ်ပေးပြီး (မွေးစားရန်) ပေးအပ်ထားသောသူ ဖြစ်သည်။ သူသည် ထို (မွေးစား) မိသားစုနှင့် တူညီသော ဥပဒေ-ဘာသာရေး အဆင့်အတန်းကို ရယူသည်။

Word by Word

• तत्: that; he/that one (the person in question)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma; napuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā/ dvitīyā ekavacana (contextually: ‘that [child/person]’)

• सधर्मा: having the same dharma/status; of equal legal standing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म
• Form: puṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana; adjective qualifying ‘तत्’ (masc. by sense)

• मातापितृभ्याम्: to/from the mother and father (parents)
• Type: Noun (dual stem pair)
• Root: मातृ, पितृ
• Form: (माता + पिता) dvandva; dative/ablative dual (भ्याम्); ‘to/from the mother and father’

• अद्भिः: with water; by means of water (ritually)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (अद्- रूप)
• Form: napuṃsaka (collective) / feminine in Vedic usage; tṛtīyā bahuvacana; instrumental ‘with waters’

• मुक्तः: released; set free
• Type: Participle
• Root: मुच्
• Form: kṛdanta; past passive participle (क्त); puṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana; ‘released/freed’

• दत्तः: given; bestowed (handed over)
• Type: Participle
• Root: दा
• Form: kṛdanta; past passive participle (क्त); puṃliṅga; prathamā ekavacana; ‘given (in adoption)’

Entities Mentioned

• mother
• father
• adoptive family
• given/adopted son (datta)

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FAQs

What administrative function does the ‘water-rite’ serve here?

It functions as a formal, verifiable act evidencing transfer/renunciation, helping courts and officials establish the adoption’s validity.

What is the policy intent behind ‘tatsadharmā’?

To standardize the adopted son’s status so inheritance and duties can be administered without ambiguity.