Sutra 9

Devanagari script

बन्धुनोत्सृष्टोऽपविद्धः संस्कर्तुः पुत्रः ॥ कZ_०३.७.०९ ॥

Transliteration

bandhunotsṛṣṭo 'paviddhaḥ saṃskartuḥ putraḥ

Translation

ဆွေမျိုးများက စွန့်ပစ်ထားသော ကလေး—«apaviddha»—ကို လက်ခံယူ၍ အစဉ်အလာအခမ်းအနား/ပြုစုပျိုးထောင်မှု (saṃskartṛ) ပြုလုပ်ပေးသူ၏ သားဟု သတ်မှတ်သည်။

Word by Word

• बन्धुना: by/through a kinsman; by relatives
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचन (करण/हेतु/सहयोगे)

• उत्सृष्टः: abandoned; cast off
• Type: Participle
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे ‘cast off/abandoned’

• अपविद्धः: rejected; discarded; repudiated
• Type: Participle
• Root: अप-√व्यध्/√विद् (अपविध्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘thrown away/rejected’

• संस्कर्तुः: of the adopter/guardian (the one who performs the saṃskāras)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सं-√कृ (संस्कर्तृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन; कर्तृ-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)

• पुत्रः: son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• apaviddha
• saṃskartṛ

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FAQs

What is the policy logic behind assigning sonship to the saṃskartṛ?

It incentivizes care and regularizes succession by tying legal paternity to publicly observable responsibility (maintenance and rites).