महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-88, verse-11
विक्रयं क्रयमध्वानं भक्तं च सपरिव्ययम् ।
योगक्षेमं च संप्रेक्ष्य वणिजः कारयेत्करान् ॥११॥
योगक्षेमं च संप्रेक्ष्य वणिजः कारयेत्करान् ॥११॥
11. vikrayaṁ krayamadhvānaṁ bhaktaṁ ca saparivyayam ,
yogakṣemaṁ ca saṁprekṣya vaṇijaḥ kārayetkarān.
yogakṣemaṁ ca saṁprekṣya vaṇijaḥ kārayetkarān.
11.
vikrayam krayam adhvānam bhaktam ca saparivyayam
yogakṣemam ca samprekṣya vaṇijaḥ kārayet karān
yogakṣemam ca samprekṣya vaṇijaḥ kārayet karān
11.
vikrayam krayam adhvānam bhaktam ca saparivyayam
ca yogakṣemam samprekṣya vaṇijaḥ karān kārayet
ca yogakṣemam samprekṣya vaṇijaḥ karān kārayet
11.
After thoroughly considering sales, purchases, travel, provisions including expenses, and also the merchants' welfare and security (yogakṣema), he should cause taxes to be levied from them.
Words meanings summery:
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- विक्रयम् (vikrayam) - the act of selling goods by merchants (sale, selling)
- क्रयम् (krayam) - the act of buying goods by merchants (purchase, buying)
- अध्वानम् (adhvānam) - the travel undertaken by merchants for trade (journey, path, road, travel)
- भक्तम् (bhaktam) - provisions or sustenance for merchants during their travels (food, provisions, meal)
- च (ca) - and (and, also)
- सपरिव्ययम् (saparivyayam) - inclusive of the expenditures incurred during trade and travel (with expenses, including expenses)
- योगक्षेमम् (yogakṣemam) - the overall well-being and safeguard of merchants' livelihoods and assets (yoga-kṣema) (welfare and security, acquisition and preservation)
- च (ca) - and also (and, also)
- सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - after a detailed and comprehensive examination of all the factors (having thoroughly observed, having carefully considered)
- वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - from the class of traders or merchants (from merchants, of merchants)
- कारयेत् (kārayet) - should enforce the collection of taxes (should cause to do, should levy, should make pay)
- करान् (karān) - taxes or tolls imposed on merchants (taxes, tolls, hands)
Words meanings and morphology
विक्रयम् (vikrayam) - the act of selling goods by merchants (sale, selling)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of vikraya
vikraya - sale, selling
vi (prefix) + kraya (purchase)
Prefix: vi
Root: krī (class 9)
क्रयम् (krayam) - the act of buying goods by merchants (purchase, buying)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of kraya
kraya - purchase, buying
Root: krī (class 9)
अध्वानम् (adhvānam) - the travel undertaken by merchants for trade (journey, path, road, travel)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of adhvan
adhvan - road, path, journey, travel
भक्तम् (bhaktam) - provisions or sustenance for merchants during their travels (food, provisions, meal)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of bhakta
bhakta - food, meal, provisions, cooked rice
Root: bhaj (class 1)
च (ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सपरिव्ययम् (saparivyayam) - inclusive of the expenditures incurred during trade and travel (with expenses, including expenses)
(adjective)
Accusative, neuter, singular of saparivyaya
saparivyaya - with expenses, including expenditure
sa (with) + parivyaya (expenditure)
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (sa+parivyaya)
- sa – with, together with
indeclinable - parivyaya – expenditure, expense
noun (masculine)
Prefixes: pari+vi
Note: Qualifies bhaktam or is taken as an independent item 'expenses'.
योगक्षेमम् (yogakṣemam) - the overall well-being and safeguard of merchants' livelihoods and assets (yoga-kṣema) (welfare and security, acquisition and preservation)
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of yogakṣema
yogakṣema - acquisition and preservation (of property), welfare and security
Compound type : dvandva (yoga+kṣema)
- yoga – union, acquisition, effort, spiritual discipline
noun (masculine)
Root: yuj (class 7) - kṣema – welfare, security, prosperity, preservation
noun (masculine)
Root: kṣi (class 1)
च (ca) - and also (and, also)
(indeclinable)
सम्प्रेक्ष्य (samprekṣya) - after a detailed and comprehensive examination of all the factors (having thoroughly observed, having carefully considered)
(indeclinable)
absolutive (gerund)
sam + pra (prefixes) + īkṣ (to see) + ya (absolutive suffix)
Prefixes: sam+pra
Root: īkṣ (class 1)
वणिजः (vaṇijaḥ) - from the class of traders or merchants (from merchants, of merchants)
(noun)
Ablative, masculine, plural of vaṇij
vaṇij - merchant, trader
Note: Can also be genitive plural.
कारयेत् (kārayet) - should enforce the collection of taxes (should cause to do, should levy, should make pay)
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active (causative), optative (vidhi liṅ) of kāray
causative optative mood, third person singular
root kṛ (to do) + ṇic (causative) + optative ending
Root: kṛ (class 8)
करान् (karān) - taxes or tolls imposed on merchants (taxes, tolls, hands)
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, plural of kara
kara - tax, tribute, toll, hand
Root: kṛ (class 8)