Sutra 14
Devanagari script
दूष्येषु वा दूष्यव्यञ्जनाः प्रणिहिता दूष्यान्बाह्यैर्भेदयेयुः बाह्यान्वा दूष्यैः ॥ कZ_०९.५.१४ ॥
Transliteration
dūṣyeṣu vā dūṣyavyañjanāḥ praṇihitā dūṣyān bāhyair bhedayeyuḥ bāhyān vā dūṣyaiḥ
Translation
Or, agents planted with compromising pretexts should create dissension: splitting the compromised persons by means of outsiders, or splitting the outsiders by means of the compromised persons.
Word by Word
दूष्येषुamong/with the corruptible (targets)
दूष्येषु:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदूष्य
Formसप्तमी-बहुवचनम् (locative plural), नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; 'दूष्य' = दूष्य (to be corrupted/liable to be seduced) used substantively
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्
दूष्यव्यञ्जनाःthe ‘markers/indicators’ connected with the corruptible (targets)
दूष्यव्यञ्जनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यञ्जन
Formप्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; समासः: दूष्यस्य व्यञ्जनाः = दूष्य-व्यञ्जनाः
प्रणिहिताःhaving been deployed/posted
प्रणिहिताः:
TypeVerb (past passive participle)
Rootप्र-नि-धा
Formकृदन्तः (क्त), प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः: ‘placed/posted/deployed’
दूष्यान्the corruptible persons (targets)
दूष्यान्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदूष्य
Formद्वितीया-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम् (व्यक्तिवाचक-प्रयोगः)
बाह्यैःby outsiders
बाह्यैः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootबाह्य
Formतृतीया-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्; ‘outsiders/external persons’
भेदयेयुःshould cause (them) to split/defect; should sow dissension
भेदयेयुः:
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (causative: भेदय-)
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; हेतुमति (णिच्) causative: ‘should cause to split/alienate’
बाह्यान्the outsiders
बाह्यान्:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootबाह्य
Formद्वितीया-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्
दूष्यैःby the corruptible persons (targets)
दूष्यैः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदूष्य
Formतृतीया-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गम्
Entities Mentioned
D
dūṣya (susceptible/compromisable persons)B
bāhya (outsiders)FAQs
Leveraging one group to fracture the other—turning insiders and outsiders into instruments for mutual distrust and fragmentation.
It implies deliberate placement and tasking of operatives—planned infiltration rather than ad hoc reaction.