Sutra 8

Devanagari script

एतदेव विपरीतमतुष्टस्य भूयश्च वक्ष्यामः ॥ कZ_०५.५.०८ ॥

Transliteration

etadeva viparītamatuṣṭasya bhūyaśca vakṣyāmaḥ

Translation

অসন্তুষ্টের ক্ষেত্রে এর ঠিক বিপরীত হয়; এবং আমরা তা আরও বলব।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (matter/point)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: sarvanāma-śabda; napuṃsaka; prathamā ekavacana (subject)

• एव: indeed; just; only
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: nipāta; emphasis/restriction

• विपरीतम्: the opposite; contrary (thing)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वि-परि-इ (→ विपरीत)
• Form: napuṃsaka; prathamā/ dvitīyā ekavacana; agrees with एतत् (as predicate/qualifier)

• अतुष्टस्य: of one who is dissatisfied; of the discontented person
• Type: Adjective (used as noun)
• Root: तुष् (with neg. a-; अतुष्ट)
• Form: puṃs/napuṃ? (contextually genitive of person); ṣaṣṭhī ekavacana

• भूयः: again; further; moreover
• Type: Adverb
• Root: भूयस्
• Form: avyayībhāva/indeclinable adverbial form

• च: and
• Type: Conjunction
• Root: च
• Form: nipāta; connective

• वक्ष्यामः: we shall state; we will explain
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: laṭ? actually luṭ (periphrastic future) / simple future sense; parasmaipada; uttama-puruṣa; bahuvacana

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What is the methodological move made in this sutra?

It formalizes a binary rubric: satisfaction signs vs. their reversals, enabling systematic reading of court behavior.