Sutra 8

Devanagari script

तेन पारशवः परिचारिकापुत्रश्च व्याख्यातौ ॥ कZ_०५.१.०८ ॥

Transliteration

tena pāraśavaḥ paricārikāputraś ca vyākhyātau

Translation

ਇਸ (ਤਰੀਕੇ) ਨਾਲ ਪਾਰਸ਼ਵ ਅਤੇ ਦਾਸੀ/ਸੇਵਿਕਾ ਦੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਦੇ ਮਾਮਲੇ ਵੀ ਸਮਝਾਏ ਗਏ ਹਨ (ਅਰਥਾਤ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਵੀ ਇਹੀ ਵਰਤਾਓ)।

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby; with that (statement/criterion)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तृतीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (instrumental singular: 'by/with that')

• पारशवः: the Pāraśava (a person of the Pāraśava mixed class)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारशव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• परिचारिका-पुत्रः: the son of a female attendant/maidservant
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: समासः: परिचारिकायाः पुत्रः; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• व्याख्यातौ: have been explained/defined
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-ख्या
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रयोगे भूतार्थ/स्थित्यर्थ); प्रथमपुरुष; द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद (व्याख्यातौ = 'have been explained/defined')

Entities Mentioned

• pāraśava
• paricārikāputra (attendant’s son)

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FAQs

What does ‘tena … vyākhyātau’ signal in Arthashastra style?

A rule-extension: the same operational procedure applies to additional categories without repeating details.