Sutra 24

Devanagari script

क्रेतृविक्रेत्रोरन्तरपतितमादायादन्यद्भवति ॥ कZ_०४.२.२४ ॥

Transliteration

kretṛvikretror antarapatitam ādāyād anyad bhavati

Translation

ဝယ်သူနှင့် ရောင်းသူအကြား “ကြားထဲ” တွင် ကျသွားသောအရာကို ယူခြင်း (ဆိုလိုသည်မှာ အလယ်အလတ်ဖြတ်တောက်/ခွင့်မပြုသော အမြတ်အစွန်း) သည် သီးခြား (အပြစ်ပေးနိုင်သော) ပြစ်မှု/မမှန်ကန်သော အမြတ်ရယူမှု ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

• क्रेतृ: buyer
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्री
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/सम्बोधन एकवचन (agent-noun in -tṛ)

• विक्रेत्रोः: of the seller (and …)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि + क्री
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन (agent-noun in -tṛ); here: षष्ठी द्विवचन ‘of the seller (and …)’

• अन्तरपतितम्: (the item) fallen in between (the two parties)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: अन्तर + पत्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘fallen in-between’

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Gerund
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय; ‘having taken/appropriated’

• अद्: (it) eats/consumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद्
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘eats/consumes’

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; here: द्वितीया एकवचन ‘another (thing)’

• भवति: becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट्; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘becomes/comes to be’

Entities Mentioned

• buyer
• seller
• intermediary/broker (implied)

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FAQs

Who is being targeted by this rule?

Unauthorized intermediaries (or any party) extracting a hidden margin between buyer and seller.

Why treat it as ‘anyad’ (separate)?

To classify such extraction as a distinct violation rather than a normal part of trade, enabling enforcement and deterrence.