Sutra 38

Devanagari script

ते चेद् यथोक्तं कुर्युर्न चैनान् ग्राहयेत् ॥ कZ_०९.६.३८ ॥

Transliteration

te ced yathoktaṃ kuryur na cainān grāhayet

Translation

If they act as instructed, he should not have them arrested.

Word by Word

• ते: they; those (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचनम् (सन्दर्भे ‘ते’ = ‘वे/वे लोग’)

• चेत्: if
• Type: Particle
• Root: चेत्
• Form: निपात/अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (यदि)

• यथा: as; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनुरूपार्थे

• उक्तम्: (as) stated/ordered
• Type: Participle
• Root: वच् (उच्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; ‘said/ordered’

• कुर्युः: they should do; they should comply
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; बहुवचनम्

• न: not
• Type: Negation
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• च: and
• Type: Conjunction
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• एतान्: these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्

• ग्राहयेत्: he should not cause them to be seized/arrested
• Type: Causative Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)
• Form: णिजन्त (प्रयोजक); लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्

Entities Mentioned

• operatives/targets under direction

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FAQs

What principle of governance is reflected here?

Reward compliance with security (non-arrest); punishment is reserved for defection—maintaining predictable incentives.