Sutra 4
Devanagari script
नियोगविकल्पसमुच्चयैश्चोपायानामनन्तरैकान्तराः प्रकृतीः साधयेत् ॥ कZ_०७.१६.०४ ॥
Transliteration
niyogavikalpasamuccayaiś copāyānām anantaraikāntarāḥ prakṛtīḥ sādhayet
Translation
وبتوجيه التدابير (الأوبايا) وتناوبها وجمعها، عليه أن يُحكِم العناصر المكوِّنة (البراكريتي) على نحوٍ متتابعٍ مباشرةً أو على فترات، بحسب ما يقتضيه الحال.
Word by Word
नियोगassignment; appointment; command
नियोग:
TypeNoun
Rootनि + युज् (युजिर् योगे)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया/तृतीया/चतुर्थी/पञ्चमी/षष्ठी/सप्तमी एकवचन (प्रातिपदिक: नियोग) — here as first member in compound
विकल्पalternative; option
विकल्प:
TypeNoun
Rootवि + कल्प् (कल्पॢँ वृत्तौ/कल्पने)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिक: विकल्प — here as member of compound
समुच्चयैःby combinations; by cumulative use
समुच्चयैः:
TypeNoun
Rootसम् + उच्/उच्चि (समुच्चय as noun from सम्+उच् ‘to gather’)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन (instrumental plural)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
उपायानाम्of the measures/means
उपायानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootउप + इ (इण् गतौ) → उपाय (means)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)
अनन्तरimmediate; successive
अनन्तर:
TypeAdjective (used in compound)
Rootअनन्तर (न + अन्तर)
Formप्रातिपदिक; ‘immediate/without interval’ — here as first member in compound
एकान्तराःalternating; with one interval (every other)
एकान्तराः:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + अन्तर
Formबहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समासान्त विशेषण-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘having one interval/with one gap’
प्रकृतीःthe constituents (of the state)
प्रकृतीः:
TypeNoun
Rootप्र + कृ (डुकृञ् करणे) → प्रकृति
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया बहुवचन (accusative plural)
साधयेत्should accomplish; should bring about
साधयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसाध् (साधँ संसिद्धौ)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन
Entities Mentioned
P
prakṛtis (state elements)FAQs
Core state constituents (e.g., ruler, ministers, territory/people, fort, treasury, army, ally) whose stability determines state power.
Use instruments flexibly—sometimes sequentially, sometimes alternately, sometimes in combination—based on situational feedback.