Sutra 5

Devanagari script

पानागारेषु वा पिबेयुरसंचारिणः ॥ कZ_०२.२५.०५ ॥

Transliteration

pānāgāreṣu vā pibeyur asaṃcāriṇaḥ

Translation

अथवा असंचारिणः पानागारेषु एव पिबेयुः।

Word by Word

• पानागारेषु: in drinking-houses / in taverns
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान + आगार
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; सप्तमी; (पानस्य आगारम् → पानागारम्)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (alternative/disjunctive)

• पिबेयुः: they should drink / may drink
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (पिबति)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; धातुः पा (पानार्थे)

• असंचारिणः: non-roaming persons / those who do not move about
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अ + संचारिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा; नञ्-पूर्वक (असंचारिन् = not moving about)

Entities Mentioned

• pānāgāra (state drinking-house)
• asaṃcāriṇaḥ (restricted persons)

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FAQs

Why does Kauṭilya restrict certain people to drinking only in pānāgāras?

To concentrate potentially risky or monitored populations in controlled venues, enabling supervision, intelligence-gathering, and prevention of disorder.

What administrative principle is implied?

Use regulated spaces (licensed/state-run) to manage behavior that otherwise creates dispersed enforcement costs.