Kantakashodhana Adhyaya 6 Sutra 8 - Arthashastra | Tamil | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 8

Devanagari script

स चेत्ब्रूयात्दायाद्यादवाप्तममुष्माल् लब्धं क्रीतं कारितमाधिप्रच्छन्नमयमस्य देशः कालश्चोपसम्प्राप्तेः अयमस्यार्घः प्रमाणं लक्षणं मूल्यं च इति तस्यागमसमाधौ मुच्येत ॥ कZ_०४.६.०८ ॥

Transliteration

sa cet brūyāt dāyādyād avāptam amuṣmāl labdhaṃ krītaṃ kāritam ādhipracchannam ayam asya deśaḥ kālaś copasamprāpteḥ ayam asyārghaḥ pramāṇaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ mūlyaṃ ca iti tasyāgamasamādhau mucyeta

Translation

அவன்: ‘இது வாரிசுரிமை (முதலியவற்றால்) கிடைத்தது; அந்த நபரிடமிருந்து பெற்றது; வாங்கியது; செய்து கொடுக்கச் செய்தது; அல்லது அடகாக எடுத்தது’; என்றும், பெற்ற இடம்-காலம், அதன் விலை, அளவு, அடையாளக் குறிகள், மதிப்பீடு ஆகியவற்றையும் கூறினால்—மூலம் தீர்மானிக்கப்பட்ட பின் அவனை விடுவிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

सःhe (that person)

चेत्if

ब्रूयात्should say / were to say

दायाद्यात्from an heir

अवाप्तम्obtained

अमुष्मात्from that (person)

लब्धम्received / obtained

क्रीतम्bought / purchased

कारितम्caused to be made/done (commissioned)

आधि-प्रच्छन्नम्concealed/covered by a pledge (mortgaged/encumbered)

अयम्this

अस्यof this / his

देशःplace / locality

कालःtime

चand

उपसम्प्राप्तेःof the acquisition/coming into possession

अयम्this

अस्यof this / his

अर्घःvalue / price

प्रमाणम्proof / evidence (standard)

लक्षणम्mark / identifying feature

मूल्यम्price

चand

इतिthus (quoting)

तस्यof him / his

आगम-समाधौin the establishment/settlement of (lawful) acquisition/title

मुच्येतwould be released / be absolved

Entities Mentioned

possessor/claimant

seller/transferor (implicit)

pledge system (ādhi)

FAQs

What kind of ‘documentation’ does this verse effectively require?

A structured provenance narrative with verifiable fields (who/where/when/how acquired + price/measure/marks), functioning like an early compliance checklist.