Sutra 5
Devanagari script
औदकयोरपि धान्यवापमधान्यवापाच्छ्रेयः ॥ कZ_०७.११.०५ ॥
Transliteration
audakayorapi dhānyavāpamadhānyavāpācchreyaḥ
Translation
औदकप्रदेशेष्वपि धान्यवापयोग्या भूमिरधान्यवापयोग्याभूमेः श्रेयसी।
Word by Word
औदकयोःof the two ‘audaka’ (water-based) types
औदकयोः:
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootऔदक
Formषष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (Genitive dual); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual); ‘of the two kinds called audaka’
अपिeven; also
अपि:
TypeParticle
Rootअपि
Formनिपात (indeclinable); concessive/inclusive ‘even/also’
धान्यवापात्than/from grain-sowing (cereal cultivation)
धान्यवापात्:
TypeNoun
Rootधान्यवाप
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (Ablative singular); पुंलिङ्गः; ‘from dhānya-vāpa’
अधान्यवापात्than/from non-grain sowing (non-cereal cultivation)
अधान्यवापात्:
TypeNoun
Rootअधान्यवाप
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (Ablative singular); पुंलिङ्गः; ‘from a-dhānya-vāpa’ (non-grain sowing)
श्रेयःis better; is preferable
श्रेयः:
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस्
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Nominative singular); नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; predicate noun ‘better/superior’
Entities Mentioned
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dhānya (grain)FAQs
Grain underwrites state stability—rations, army provisioning, famine buffering, and predictable taxation—making it strategically superior to non-staple cultivation.