Sutra 25

Devanagari script

दुष्यवदुपांशुदण्डेन वा प्रतिकुर्वीत ॥ कZ_०७.१५.२५ ॥

Transliteration

duṣyavad upāṃśu-daṇḍena vā pratikurvīta

Translation

Oder er soll ihnen entgegentreten, als wären sie Übeltäter—indem er eine diskrete/stille Bestrafung anwendet.

Word by Word

• दुष्यवत्: as if (he were) guilty / treating (him) like an offender
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष्
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत्-प्रयोगः; अव्यय-तुल्यं विशेषणम् (वत्-प्रत्ययान्तम्), अर्थे ‘दुष्टवत्/दोषवत्’

• उपांशु: secretly / in a low voice / privately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपांशु
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम्

• दण्डेन: by punishment / with a penalty
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; करणकारकः

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• प्रतिकुर्वीत: he should retaliate / take counter-action
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति√कृ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; वर्तमानकाल-आश्रयः; अर्थः ‘प्रतिविधानं/प्रतिशोधं कुर्यात्’

Entities Mentioned

• daṇḍa (punishment/state coercion)

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FAQs

What is 'upāṃśu-daṇḍa' in administrative terms?

Non-public, deniable coercion—warnings, fines, arrests, removals, or neutralization carried out without spectacle to avoid backlash.

When is this preferable to open punishment?

When open action would provoke wider unrest, create martyrs, or expose intelligence sources.