Sutra 15
Devanagari script
उच्छिन्नं वा भूम्यनुग्रहेण हस्ते कुर्यादन्यत्रापसारभयात् ॥ कZ_०७.१८.१५ ॥
Transliteration
ucchinnaṃ vā bhūmyanugraheṇa haste kuryād anyatrāpasārabhayāt
Translation
Or he should bring back a ruptured/alienated party under his control by granting land, out of fear that it may otherwise defect elsewhere.
Word by Word
उच्छिन्नम्broken up; disrupted; cut off
उच्छिन्नम्:
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootछिद् (उपसर्ग: उत्)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; विशेषणम्
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formविकल्पार्थक निपात
भूमि-अनुग्रहेणby (the) favor/grant of land
भूमि-अनुग्रहेण:
TypeNoun (Instrumental phrase)
Rootअनुग्रह (√ग्रह, उपसर्ग: अनु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, तृतीया; ‘भूम्याः अनुग्रहेण’ = भूमेः कृपया/अनुग्रहेण
हस्तेin (his) hand; under control
हस्ते:
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सप्तमी; अधिकरणे (locative)
कुर्यात्should make; should bring about
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
अन्यत्रelsewhere; otherwise
अन्यत्र:
TypeAdverb
Rootअन्यत्र
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय
अपसार-भयात्from fear of withdrawal/defection; for fear of slipping away
अपसार-भयात्:
TypeNoun (Ablative phrase)
Rootभय (√भी)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘भय’ (अथवा पुं), एकवचन, पञ्चमी; ‘अपसारस्य भयात्’ = अपसारण-भय-हेतोः
Entities Mentioned
V
vijigīṣu (implied)U
ucchinna party/ally (estranged faction)FAQs
To re-secure a broken/estranged party’s loyalty and prevent it from joining a rival power.
The risk of defection (apasāra) to another king in the maṇḍala.