Sutra 22
Devanagari script
प्रशस्तोपादानाद्धर्म्यः ॥ कZ_०९.४.२२ ॥
Transliteration
praśastopādānād dharmyaḥ
Translation
因为其取得手段可嘉，所以它是合法/正当的（dharmya）。
Word by Word
प्रशस्तapproved; commendable; prescribed/authorized
प्रशस्त:
TypeAdjective
Root√शस् (प्रशंसायाम्)
Formविशेषण; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (धर्म्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
उपादानात्from (proper) acquisition/means of obtaining; on the basis of proper taking/obtaining
उपादानात्:
TypeNoun
Rootउपादान (उप + आ + √दा ‘ग्रहणे/आदाने’)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (अपादान/हेतु-अर्थे)
धर्म्यःis lawful; is in accordance with dharma (legitimate)
धर्म्यः:
TypeAdjective (predicative)
Rootधर्म्य (धर्म + यत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणम् (अध्याहृतः ‘(अर्थः/लाभः/उपायः)’ इत्यादेः)
FAQs
Not by the size of the gain alone, but by whether the method of obtaining it is publicly and normatively defensible.