Sutra 14

Devanagari script

तत्रैतद्भवति ॥ कZ_०७.६.१४ ॥

Transliteration

tatra etad bhavati

Translation

في هذا الشأن، يُذكر ما يلي (على هيئة بيتٍ توضيحي).

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that context/connection
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (स्थानवाचक)

• एतत्: this (following statement)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (वाक्ये ‘एतत् भवति’ इति कर्तृपदत्वेन)

• भवति: it occurs/it is (said/comes to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट्-लकार; परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

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What function does ‘tatra etad bhavati’ serve?

It signals that Kauṭilya is about to cite a summarizing maxim/verse to reinforce the preceding policy rule.