Sutra 4

Devanagari script

सूत्रप्रमाण ज्ञात्वा तैलामलकोद्वर्तनैरेता अनुगृह्णीयात् ॥ कZ_०२.२३.०४ ॥

Transliteration

sūtrapramāṇa jñātvā tailāmalakodvartanairetā anugṛhṇīyāt

Translation

เมื่อทราบมาตรฐานขนาด (ความยาว/น้ำหนัก) ของเส้นด้ายแล้ว เขาควรอุปถัมภ์คนงานเหล่านี้ด้วยการจัดให้น้ำมัน อามลกะ (มะขามป้อม) และของใช้สำหรับถูตัว/ขัดตัว (อุบตัน)۔

Word by Word

• सूत्रप्रमाणम्: the standard measure as prescribed in the treatise (sutra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण (√मा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; समासः सूत्रस्य प्रमाणम्

• ज्ञात्वा: having ascertained/known
• Type: Verb (Gerund)
• Root: √ज्ञा (जानीते)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), परस्मैपद-प्रयोगार्थ; ‘having known/ascertained’

• तैलामलकोद्वर्तनैः: by oil-rubbings and by āmalaka (emblic myrobalan) rubbings
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्वर्तन (√वृत्/√वर्त्)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार), बहुवचन, तृतीया; समास-विग्रहः तैल-उद्वर्तनैः + आमलक-उद्वर्तनैः (तैलोद्वर्तनैः आमलक-उद्वर्तनैश्च)

• एतान्: these
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, द्वितीया; ‘these (persons/things)’

• अनुगृह्णीयात्: he should favor/assist (i.e., treat/relieve)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√ग्रह्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should favor/should treat kindly/should provide relief’

Entities Mentioned

• sūtra (yarn)
• taila (oil)
• āmalaka
• udvartana

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FAQs

What is the administrative logic of giving oil/āmalaka/udvartana to workers?

It functions as an in-kind welfare incentive to retain and stabilize skilled labor, while keeping production under state control.

Why is sūtrapramāṇa (yarn standard) mentioned before benefits?

Because benefits are tied to regulated output; the state first fixes measurable standards to prevent fraud and to benchmark performance.