Sutra 21

Devanagari script

स्वयं आगतानां यथेष्टदर्शनं प्रतिविधानं च कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०७.१६.२१ ॥

Transliteration

svayaṃ āgatānāṃ yatheṣṭa-darśanaṃ pratividhānaṃ ca kuryāt

Translation

أمّا الذين يأتون من تلقاء أنفسهم، فعليه أن يمنحهم مقابلةً كما يشاؤون وأن يوفّر الترتيبات المناسبة.

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: personally; oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्
• Form: अव्यय; ‘स्वतः/स्वयमेव’ अर्थे

• आगतानाम्: of those who have come (arrived)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: आ + √गम्
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘आगत’; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (पुं/नपुं) — ‘of those who have come/arrived’

• यथेष्टदर्शनम्: an audience/meeting as desired (at their convenience)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यथा + इष्ट + दर्शन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘यथेष्टं दर्शनम्’ = as desired, an audience/meeting

• प्रतिविधानम्: appropriate provision/arrangement (in response)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति + √धा (विधान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘counter-arrangement/provision/response’

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• कुर्यात्: should do; should arrange/provide
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन; ‘he should do/arrange’

Entities Mentioned

• king
• voluntary arrivals (envoys, defectors, subordinate chiefs)

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What is the political function of granting prompt audience to voluntary arrivals?

It signals receptivity and reduces uncertainty, encouraging further submissions and cooperation while preventing rivals from capturing them.