Sutra 32

Devanagari script

पञ्चवर्षोपरतकर्मणः सेतुबन्धस्य स्वाम्यं लुप्येत अन्यत्रापद्भ्यः ॥ कZ_०३.९.३२ ॥

Transliteration

pañcavarṣoparatakarmaṇaḥ setubandhasya svāmyaṃ lupyeta anyatrāpadbhyaḥ

Translation

ਜਿਸ ਸੇਤੁ-ਬੰਧ (ਸਿੰਚਾਈ ਬੰਧ) ਦੀ ਚਾਲੂਗੀਰੀ/ਸੰਭਾਲ ਪੰਜ ਸਾਲ ਬੰਦ ਰਹੀ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਮਲਕੀਅਤ/ਹੱਕ ਖਤਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇ—ਆਪਦਾ ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ।

Word by Word

• पञ्चवर्ष: a period of five years
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + वर्ष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘पञ्च वर्षाणि’ इत्यर्थे समाहारद्विगुः

• उपरत: ceased; discontinued
• Type: Participle
• Root: उप√रम् (रम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘उपरत’ = निवृत्त/समाप्त

• कर्मणः: of the work/operation (i.e., of maintenance/activity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सेतुबन्धस्य: of the dam/embankment (irrigation work)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेतु + बन्ध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘सेतोः बन्धः’

• स्वाम्यम्: ownership; title
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाम्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लुप्येत: should lapse / be forfeited
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लुप्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘should be forfeited/cease’

• अन्यत्र: except; otherwise than
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र
• Form: अव्यय; अपवादसूचक

• आपद्भ्यः: from/owing to calamities (emergencies)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपद्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, बहुवचन

Entities Mentioned

• setu-bandha
• āpad

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FAQs

What policy logic underlies forfeiture after five years in 3.9.32?

Irrigation infrastructure is treated as a productive public good; title is conditioned on active stewardship, with an exception for force majeure (āpad).