Sutra 29

Devanagari script

पश्चान्निविष्टमधरतटाकं नोपरितटाकस्य केदारमुदकेनाप्लावयेत् ॥ कZ_०३.९.२९ ॥

Transliteration

paścānniviṣṭamadharataṭākaṃ noparitaṭākasya kedāramudakenāplāvayet

Translation

后建的下方水塘，不得以其水淹没上方水塘（持有者）所属的田地。

Word by Word

• पश्चात्: afterwards; later (in sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात्
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (afterwards; later)

• निविष्टम्: situated; located; lying (lower)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: √विश् (विशँ प्रवेशने) + नि
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि/क्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘settled/located/placed’

• अधर-तटाकम्: the lower tank (reservoir)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटाक
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (अधरः तटाकः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन द्वितीया; ‘the lower tank/pond’ (object)

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• उपरि-तटाकस्य: of the upper tank
• Type: Noun
• Root: तटाक
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (उपरि तटाकः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन षष्ठी; ‘of the upper tank’

• केदारम्: the (irrigated) field
• Type: Noun
• Root: केदार
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग एकवचन द्वितीया; ‘field (esp. irrigated plot)’ (object)

• उदकेन: with water; by means of water
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग एकवचन तृतीया; करण (instrumental): ‘with/by water’

• अप्लावयेत्: should not flood/inundate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्लु (प्लुङ् गतौ/प्लावने) + आ
• Form: आ-उपसर्गपूर्वक causative (णिच्) ‘to cause to flood/inundate’; विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; निषेध ‘न’ के साथ: ‘should not inundate’

Entities Mentioned

• taṭāka
• kedāra

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FAQs

What is protected in 3.9.29: water access or land integrity?

Land integrity against harmful inundation, especially protecting earlier/upper installations from later/lower works.