Arthashastra — Adhyakshaprachara, Sutra 44

Devanagari script

सूत्रग्राहकाश्वबन्धकयावसिकविधापाचकस्थानपालकेशकारजाङ्गुलीविदश्च स्वकर्मभिरश्वानाराधयेयुः ॥ कZ_०२.३०.४४ ॥

Transliteration

sūtragrāhakāśvabandhakayāvasikavidhāpācakasthānapālakeśakārajāṅgulīvidaś ca svakarmabhir aśvān ārādhayeyuḥ

Translation

لگام تھامنے والے، گھوڑا باندھنے والے، چارہ دینے والے، ناپ تول کر کے خوراک تیار/پکانے والے، اصطبل کے نگہبان، گروم (سجا سنوار کرنے والے)، اور کھُر/ٹانگ کے ماہر—یہ سب اپنے اپنے فرائض کے ذریعے گھوڑوں کی دیکھ بھال کریں۔

Word by Word

• सूत्रग्राहकाः: halter/lead handlers (those who hold horses by the rein/halter)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र-ग्रह
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• अश्वबन्धकाः: horse-tiers / those who tether horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व-बन्ध
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• यावसिकाः: fodder-men / those who supply green fodder
• Type: Noun
• Root: यावस
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• विधापाचकाः: preparers/cooks of prescribed (fodder/medicinal) preparations
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधा-पाच
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• स्थानपालकाः: keepers/guards of the stable (place-keepers)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान-पाल
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• केशकाराः: hair-workers; grooms who dress/trim the horse’s mane/hair
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश-कार
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• अङ्गुलीविदः: those skilled in ‘finger-knowledge’; expert examiners/massagers using the fingers
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुली-विद्
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘विद्’ (ज्ञाता)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• स्वकर्मभिः: by their own respective duties/works
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-कर्मन्
• Form: तृतीया-बहुवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• अश्वान्: horses
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• आराधयेयुः: should attend to / properly care for (the horses)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; धातुः √राध् (साधने/तोषणे) उपसर्गः ‘आ’

Entities Mentioned

• stable staff
• horses

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What is the governance value of listing many specialized roles?

It creates accountability and repeatable operations: each function has a responsible agent, enabling supervision and penalties for lapses.