Sutra 46

Devanagari script

तदेषां दशवर्गाधिपतयो विद्युः ॥ कZ_१०.३.४६ ॥

Transliteration

tad eṣāṃ daśavargādhipatayo vidyuḥ

Translation

The captains over groups of ten should know these (rates and rules).

Word by Word

• तत्: those / them (referring to the aforesaid)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (सन्दर्भे ‘तत्’ = ‘ते’/‘एतान्’ इति निर्देशार्थम्)

• एषाम्: of these (persons/groups)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; षष्ठी बहुवचनम् (genitive plural)

• दशवर्गाधिपतयः: the chiefs/heads of the ten-groups (decurions)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिपति (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्; प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; समास-विग्रहः: दशवर्गस्य अधिपतयः (heads/overseers of the ten-groups)

• विद्युः: should know / must know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (ज्ञाने)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे/विधिलिङ्गार्थे प्रयोगः); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः बहुवचनम्; ‘let them know / they should know’

Entities Mentioned

• daśavargādhipati

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FAQs

Why specify the leader of ten?

Kautilya pushes operational clarity to the lowest effective command level so incentives are understood, enforced, and claimed without confusion.