Sutra 29
Devanagari script
सवर्णतश्च प्रजाता नापवादं लभेत ॥ कZ_०३.४.२९ ॥
Transliteration
savarṇataś ca prajātā nāpavādaṃ labheta
Translation
ਅਤੇ ਜੇ ਉਹ ਸਮਾਨ ਵਰਣ ਦੇ ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਸੰਤਾਨ ਜਣੇ, ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਨਾ ਕਾਨੂੰਨੀ ਦੋਸ਼ ਲੱਗੇਗਾ ਨਾ ਲੋਕ-ਨਿੰਦਾ।
Word by Word
सवर्णतःon the ground of being of the same varṇa/caste; by reason of sameness of social class
सवर्णतः:
TypeAdverb (from adjective)
Rootसवर्ण
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; सवर्ण-शब्दात् ‘-तः’ (ablatival/adverbial) = ‘सवर्णतः’
चand; also
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चयार्थक अव्यय
प्रजाताthe offspring/child (so born)
प्रजाता:
TypeNoun (past passive participle used substantively)
Rootप्र-√जन्
Formकृदन्त (क्त); प्रजाता- (प्र + √जन् + क्त); प्रथमा एकवचनम् (स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग—प्रयोगे सन्दर्भानुसारं), ‘one who is born/produced’
नnot
न:
TypeNegation
Rootन
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
अपवादम्an objection; an exception; a disqualifying allegation
अपवादम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअपवाद
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कर्मपद (लभेत इत्यस्य)
लभेतshould obtain; should be able to claim
लभेत:
TypeVerb
Root√लभ्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; ‘(he/she/it) should obtain/receive’
Entities Mentioned
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savarṇa (same-varṇa partner)FAQs
It reduces dispute and stigma around offspring and remarriage by prescribing when blame is barred—thereby stabilizing lineage, inheritance expectations, and social order.