Sutra 6

Devanagari script

सगोत्रेणान्यगोत्रेण वा नियुक्तेन क्षेत्रजातः क्षेत्रजः पुत्रः ॥ कZ_०३.७.०६ ॥

Transliteration

sagotreṇānyagotreṇa vā niyuktena kṣetrajātaḥ kṣetrajaḥ putraḥ

Translation

ထိုရည်ရွယ်ချက်အတွက် ခန့်အပ်ထားသော ယောက်ျားတစ်ဦးမှ—တူညီသော မျိုးရိုး (sagotra) ဖြစ်စေ၊ မတူသော မျိုးရိုး (anyagotra) ဖြစ်စေ—ဖွားမြင်လာသော သားကို «kṣetraja» သားဟု ခေါ်သည်။

Word by Word

• सगोत्रेण: by/with a man of the same lineage (gotra)
• Type: Noun (with indeclinable prefix)
• Root: स-गोत्र
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; करण/सहकारक-प्रयोगः (‘by/with one of the same gotra’)

• अन्यगोत्रेण: by/with a man of a different lineage
• Type: Noun (with adjective)
• Root: अन्य-गोत्र
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; करण/सहकारक-प्रयोगः (‘by/with one of another gotra’)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• नियुक्तेन: by an appointed/authorized man
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), तृतीया-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; ‘appointed/authorized (person)’

• क्षेत्रजातः: born as ‘field-born’ (i.e., begotten through niyoga in the wife/field)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: क्षेत्र-जात
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; ‘field-born’ (born in/for the kṣetra)

• क्षेत्रजः: the ‘kṣetrajā’ son (a legally recognized category of son)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: क्षेत्र-ज
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; ‘born of the field’

• पुत्रः: a son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; विधेय-पदं (‘is a son’)

Entities Mentioned

• kṣetraja putra
• sagotra
• anyagotra
• niyukta (appointed procreator)

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FAQs

Why does Kautilya specify sagotra/anyagotra for a kṣetraja son?

It clarifies that legal recognition hinges on appointment (niyoga), not on lineage-matching alone—reducing disputes over legitimacy and succession.