Sutra 24

Devanagari script

विजिगीषुर्मित्रं मित्रमित्रं वास्य प्रकृतयस्तिस्रः ॥ कZ_०६.२.२४ ॥

Transliteration

vijigīṣur mitraṃ mitramitraṃ vā sya prakṛtayas tisraḥ

Translation

For him (the would-be conqueror), the constituent political units are three: the conqueror himself (vijigīṣu), the ally (mitra), and the ally’s ally (mitramitra).

Word by Word

• विजिगीषुः: the would-be conqueror (king desirous of conquest)
• Type: Noun (agent noun)
• Root: जि (√जि)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक: विजिगीषु (इच्छार्थक-कर्तृवाचक, desiderative agent); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• मित्रम्: an ally / friend-king
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• मित्रमित्रम्: the ally’s ally
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: मित्र + मित्र
• Form: समास: मित्रस्य मित्रम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (either/or)

• अस्य: of him / of this (king)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-एकवचन

• प्रकृतयः: the constituent elements (of the state)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन

• तिस्रः: three
• Type: Numeral (adjective)
• Root: त्रि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (विशेषणम्: प्रकृतयः)

Entities Mentioned

• vijigīṣu
• mitra
• mitramitra

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FAQs

What administrative insight is conveyed by including ‘mitramitra’ explicitly?

Policy must account for indirect support channels—logistics, finance, sanctuary, diplomacy—provided by second-order allies who can amplify or constrain outcomes.