Sutra 14

Devanagari script

कुल्यकुमारमुख्योपग्रहं कृत्वा वा कुमारमभिषिक्तमेव दर्शयेत् ॥ कZ_०५.६.१४ ॥

Transliteration

kulyakumāramukhyopagrahaṃ kṛtvā vā kumāram abhiṣiktam eva darśayet

Translation

Oder: Nachdem er sich die Unterstützung der kulyakumāras und der führenden Männer gesichert hat, soll er den Prinzen als bereits geweiht (förmlich eingesetzt) vorführen.

Word by Word

• कुल्यकुमारमुख्योपग्रहम्: a supporting party/group consisting of the principal (leading) sons of collateral/related princes (kulyakumāras)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपग्रह (with members: कुल्यकुमार, मुख्य)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; समासः = (कुल्यकुमाराः च मुख्याः) तेषाम् उपग्रहः → कुल्यकुमारमुख्योपग्रहः

• कृत्वा: having made/arranged
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय-भावः (absolutive/gerund); ‘having done/made’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपातः

• कुमारम्: the prince
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया

• अभिषिक्तम्: consecrated/anointed (as king)
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: अभि-षिच्
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; कुमारम् इति विशेषणम्

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपातः

• दर्शयेत्: he should show/present (him)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्-प्रयोगः (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense in usage: ‘should cause to be seen/show’

Entities Mentioned

• kulyakumāras
• leading men (mukhyas)
• prince (kumāra)

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FAQs

Why secure elites before ‘showing’ the consecrated prince?

Because formal legitimacy works only when power-brokers accept it; elite buy-in reduces contestation and makes the installation appear inevitable.

What is the political technique implied by ‘already consecrated’?

A ‘fait accompli’ legitimacy move—presenting a settled outcome to discourage opposition mobilization.