Sutra 15
Devanagari script
ततः सत्त्रिभिरमित्राद्भेदयित्वा मित्रं लभेत ॥ कZ_०९.६.१५ ॥
Transliteration
tataḥ sattribhir amitrād bhedayitvā mitraṃ labheta
Translation
Then, by using secret agents, having sown division within the enemy’s side, he should secure a friend (ally).
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeAdverb
Rootतद्
Formअव्यय; तस्मात्/ततः = ‘thereupon/then’; ablatival adverb from pronoun तद्
सत्-त्रिभिःwith three loyal (persons/agents)
सत्-त्रिभिः:
TypeNoun (numeral phrase)
Rootसत् + त्रि
Formतृतीया बहुवचन; ‘with three (who are) sat/loyal’; सत् (adj./n.) qualifying त्रिभिः
अमित्रात्from the enemy
अमित्रात्:
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र
Formपञ्चमी एकवचन (अपादान); ‘from the enemy’
भेदयित्वाhaving split/alienated (him/them)
भेदयित्वा:
TypeVerb (absolutive)
Rootभिद्
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); causative sense: भेदयित्वा = ‘having caused to split/alienated’; from √भिद् with causative (णिच्)
मित्रम्an ally; a friend
मित्रम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
Formद्वितीया एकवचन (कर्म); ‘an ally/friend’
लभेतshould obtain; should secure
लभेत:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘should obtain/secure’
Entities Mentioned
S
sattri (covert agents/spies)A
amitra (enemy)M
mitra (ally)FAQs
He treats alliance-building as an outcome of engineered fractures in the adversary camp—spies create dissension, enabling defections or new partnerships.