Sutra 43

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणश्चैषां ज्यैष्ठ्यं नियम्येत ॥ कZ_०३.१०.४३ ॥

Transliteration

brāhmaṇaś caiṣāṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ niyamyeta

Translation

ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬ੍ਰਾਹਮਣ ਦੀ ਜੇਠਤਾ/ਪਹਿਲ ਨਿਯਮ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ/ਮੰਨੀ ਜਾਵੇ।

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणः: a Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (coordinative)

• एषाम्: of these (persons/groups)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• ज्यैष्ठ्यम्: seniority; precedence
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्यैष्ठ्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन (object)

• नियम्येत: should be regulated/ordained (should be fixed by rule)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (नि + यम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे-प्रयोगार्थकः—‘should be regulated/ordained’

Entities Mentioned

• Brahmin
• members of the group (implied)

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What administrative function do precedence rules serve?

They reduce procedural disputes (who speaks first, who presides, who receives shares) by codifying status order, thereby lowering transaction costs in assemblies.