Sutra 5

Devanagari script

पानागारेषु वा पिबेयुरसंचारिणः ॥ कZ_०२.२५.०५ ॥

Transliteration

pānāgāreṣu vā pibeyur asaṃcāriṇaḥ

Translation

Hoặc, những người không được phép đi lại tự do (người bị hạn chế) chỉ nên uống tại các quán rượu của nhà nước.

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.