Sutra 3

Devanagari script

ततः पूर्वस्याह्नः प्रचारं रात्रौ निवासं च (चा) ग्रहणादित्यनुयुञ्जीत ॥ कZ_०४.८.०३ ॥

Transliteration

tataḥ pūrvasyāhnaḥ pracāraṃ rātrau nivāsaṃ ca (cā) grahaṇād ity anuyuñjīta

Translation

ထို့နောက် သူ့ကို—ဖမ်းဆီး/ဖြစ်ရပ် ဖြစ်ပွားချိန်မှစ၍—နေ့အစောပိုင်းအချိန်တွင် သွားလာလှုပ်ရှားမှုများနှင့် ညအိပ်ရာနေရာအကြောင်း မေးမြန်းစစ်ဆေးရမည်။

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter; then
• Type: Pronoun (Adverbial)
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative singular (neuter) used adverbially = 'thereafter/from that point'

• पूर्वस्य: of the earlier/previous
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: genitive singular (masculine/neuter); dependent on अह्नः

• अह्नः: of the day (daytime)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: genitive singular (masculine/neuter)

• प्रचारम्: movement/rounds; patrol; inspection
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचार
• Form: accusative singular (masculine); object of अनुयुञ्जीत

• रात्रौ: at night
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: locative singular (feminine)

• निवासम्: lodging; residence; place of stay
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास
• Form: accusative singular (masculine); object of अनुयुञ्जीत

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: coordinating indeclinable

• ग्रहणात्: from (the act of) taking/obtaining; by obtaining
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण
• Form: ablative singular (neuter); causal/instrumental sense = 'from/through/by reason of taking/obtaining'

• इति: thus (as follows)
• Type: Quotative particle
• Root: इति
• Form: indeclinable; marks the content of inquiry/statement

• अनुयुञ्जीत: he should question/inquire/examine
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-युज्
• Form: optative, parasmaipada, 3rd person singular; injunction = 'should question/examine'

Entities Mentioned

• accused
• lodging hosts/households (implied)

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FAQs

Why distinguish daytime movement and night lodging?

Day movement identifies opportunity and contacts; night lodging identifies concealment networks and potential receivers/accomplices.