Sutra 28
Devanagari script
कर्मसु मृतानां पुत्रदारा भक्तवेतनं लभेरन् ॥ कZ_०५.३.२८ ॥
Transliteration
karmasu mṛtānāṃ putradārā bhaktavetanaṃ labheran
Translation
တာဝန်ထမ်းဆောင်နေစဉ် သေဆုံးသူတို့၏ သားများနှင့် ဇနီးများသည် ရိက္ခာနှင့် လစာကို ရရှိသင့်သည်။
Word by Word
कर्मसुin (state) duties/works
कर्मसु:
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; सप्तमी (अधिकरण)
मृतानाम्of those who have died
मृतानाम्:
TypeParticiple (Adjectival)
Rootमृत (√मृ)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध)
पुत्रson(s)
पुत्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (समुच्चय-प्रथमाङ्ग)
दाराःwife/wives
दाराः:
TypeNoun
Rootदार
Formपुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा
भक्तrations/maintenance (food allowance)
भक्त:
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (समासपूर्वपद)
वेतनम्wages/salary
वेतनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवेतन
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (समासोत्तरपद)
भक्तवेतनम्rations and wages (together)
भक्तवेतनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त-वेतन
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; द्वितीया (कर्म)
लभेरन्should obtain/should receive
लभेरन्:
TypeVerb
Root√लभ्
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-प्राय); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन
Entities Mentioned
P
putra (son)D
dārā (wife)B
bhakta (ration)V
vetana (wage)FAQs
It stabilizes households, sustains loyalty, and signals that the state internalizes the risks of service—improving morale and reducing desertion or corruption driven by insecurity.