Sutra 15
Devanagari script
स चेदल्पमपि कारयित्वा न कारयेत्कृतमेवास्य विद्यात् ॥ कZ_०३.१४.०९ ॥
Transliteration
sa ced alpam api kārayitvā na kārayet kṛtam evāsya vidyāt
Translation
如果在已让人完成哪怕一小部分之后，又不让其完成其余部分，则仅该部分应被视为已完成的工作（用于计酬）。
Word by Word
सःhe; that person
सः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन
चेत्if
चेत्:
TypeParticle
Rootचेत्
Formनिपात; शर्तार्थक (यदि)
अल्पम्a little; small (amount)
अल्पम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअल्प
Formविशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; (अल्पम् अपि = even a little)
अपिeven; also
अपि:
TypeParticle
Rootअपि
Formनिपात; अवधारण/समुच्चय/अपि-कार (even/also)
कारयित्वाhaving caused (it) to be done; having made (someone) do (it)
कारयित्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (कारयति)
Formणिच्-प्रयोग (causative) कर्तरि; क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having caused to be done / having made (someone) do’
नnot
न:
TypeNegation
Rootन
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
कारयेत्should cause (it) to be done; should make (someone) do (it)
कारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (कारयति)
Formणिच्-प्रयोग (causative) कर्तरि; विधिलिङ्/सम्भावना-आज्ञार्थ; परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन
कृतम्done; completed
कृतम्:
TypeParticiple
Rootकृ
Formकृ धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘done, completed’
एवindeed; only; just
एव:
TypeParticle
Rootएव
Formअवधारणार्थक निपात (only/indeed)
अस्यof him; his
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-एकवचन
विद्यात्should know; should deem/consider
विद्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
Formविधिलिङ् (injunctive/optative sense: ‘should know/should consider’); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन
Entities Mentioned
W
worker (bhṛtaka)E
employer/master (bhartṛ)FAQs
It prevents an employer from stopping the job midstream and then denying that any work was done; the completed portion must be officially acknowledged.