Sutra 37

Devanagari script

पाषण्डसंघद्रव्यमश्रोत्रियोपभोग्यं देवद्रव्यं वा कृत्यकराः प्रेतस्य दग्धगृहस्य वा हस्ते न्यस्तमित्युपहरेयुः ॥ कZ_०५.२.३७ ॥

Transliteration

pāṣaṇḍasaṃghadravyamaśrotriyopabhogyaṃ devadravyaṃ vā kṛtyakarāḥ pretasya dagdhagṛhasya vā haste nyastamityupahareyuḥ

Translation

执行此类任务的人员应以“已托付于其手”为借口，没收异端教派团体的财产、由无资格者（aśrotriya）享用的财富，或寺庙/神祇之财；同样也可没收死者之财或被焚毁房屋之财。

Word by Word

• पाषण्ड-संघ-द्रव्यम्: property belonging to a heretical/sectarian association
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (कर्मपद)

• अश्रोत्रिय-उपभोग्यम्: fit to be enjoyed/appropriated by non-śrotriyas (unauthorized persons)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपभोग्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (कर्मपद), ‘उपभोग्य’ = उपभोग-अर्ह

• देव-द्रव्यम्: property belonging to a deity/temple
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (कर्मपद)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• कृत्य-कराः: wrongdoers; perpetrators of misdeeds
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, प्रथमा (कर्तृपद)

• प्रेतस्य: of a deceased person
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध)

• दग्ध-गृहस्य: of a burnt house
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• हस्ते: in (someone’s) hand; in custody
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी (अधिकरण)

• न्यस्तम्: deposited; entrusted
• Type: Participle
• Root: नि-√अस् (न्यास) / √अस् (स्थापन)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘न्यस्’ = निक्षेपे स्थापयति

• इति: thus (claiming)
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: इत्यादि-निर्देशक/उद्धरणचिह्न

• उपहरेयुः: should take away; would steal/appropriate
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√हृ
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; धातु: √हृ (हरणे) उपसर्ग: उप-

Entities Mentioned

• pāṣaṇḍa-saṃgha (heterodox sect collective)
• deva-dravya (temple property)
• aśrotriya
• kṛtyakarāḥ

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent of listing these asset types?

To identify socially/politically vulnerable or weakly defended asset pools (sect funds, disputed religious property, ownerless goods after death/disaster) that can be absorbed into the state treasury via controlled pretexts.

What niti concept is prominent?

Artha-hetu-prayoga (ends-driven statecraft) and kośa-vṛddhi (treasury growth) through opportunistic appropriation where enforcement costs are low and resistance is fragmented.