Sutra 29

Devanagari script

तस्माद्देवताश्रमपाषण्डश्रोत्रियपशुपुण्यस्थानानां बालवृद्धव्याधितव्यसन्यनाथानां स्त्रीणां च क्रमेण कार्याणि पश्येत्कार्यगौरवादात्ययिकवशेन वा ॥ कZ_०१.१९.२९ ॥

Transliteration

tasmād devatāśramapāṣaṇḍaśrotriyapaśupuṇyasthānānāṃ bālavṛddhavyādhitavyasanyanāthānāṃ strīṇāṃ ca krameṇa kāryāṇi paśyet kāryagauravād ātyayikavaśena vā

Translation

Поэтому он должен, в надлежащем порядке, рассматривать дела храмов, обителей отшельников, сект, учёных брахманов, скота и священных/благотворительных мест; а также дела детей, стариков, больных, страждущих, не имеющих защиты и женщин — либо по очереди, либо по срочности в зависимости от тяжести дела.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (reason)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: ablative singular (पञ्चमी एकवचन), masculine/neuter; deictic pronoun

• देवताश्रमपाषण्डश्रोत्रियपशुपुण्यस्थानानाम्: of deities/temples, āśramas, sectarian establishments, Veda-learned Brahmins, livestock, and sacred places
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: देवता/आश्रम/पाषण्ड/श्रोत्रिय/पशु/पुण्य/स्थान
• Form: genitive plural (षष्ठी बहुवचन); neuter collective sense; a list-compound governing कार्याणि

• बालवृद्धव्याधितव्यसन्यनाथानाम्: of children, the aged, the sick, the distressed, and the helpless
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: बाल/वृद्ध/व्याधित/व्यसनिन्/अनाथ
• Form: genitive plural (षष्ठी बहुवचन); masculine/neuter collective; dependent on कार्याणि

• स्त्रीणाम्: of women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: genitive plural (षष्ठी बहुवचन), feminine

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable conjunction

• क्रमेण: in order; sequentially
• Type: Noun (adverbial)
• Root: क्रम
• Form: instrumental singular (तृतीया एकवचन) used adverbially

• कार्याणि: matters; cases; tasks
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: accusative plural (द्वितीया बहुवचन), neuter; object of पश्येत्

• पश्येत्: should examine; should attend to
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: optative (विधिलिङ्), parasmaipada, 3rd person singular; present-system; injunctive sense ‘should’

• कार्यगौरवात्: because of the seriousness of the matter
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: कार्य/गौरव
• Form: ablative singular (पञ्चमी एकवचन), neuter; reason/cause

• आत्ययिकवशेन: or according to urgency (emergency)
• Type: Noun (compound, adverbial)
• Root: आत्ययिक/वश
• Form: instrumental singular (तृतीया एकवचन) used adverbially; ‘under the control of/according to’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: indeclinable disjunctive

Entities Mentioned

• devatā-sthāna (temples)
• āśrama
• pāṣaṇḍa
• śrotriya
• paśu (livestock)
• puṇyasthāna
• children
• elderly
• sick
• distressed
• unprotected
• women

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FAQs

What administrative logic connects temples, livestock, and vulnerable persons in one list?

They represent high-sensitivity domains—social legitimacy (religious/civic institutions), economic base (livestock), and protected classes—where neglect quickly triggers disorder and reputational loss.

What is the decision rule for ordering cases?

Default sequential order, overridden by triage: handle by gravity and urgency when delay would cause disproportionate harm.