Sutra 19
Devanagari script
दूष्यामित्राटविकानुभयोरुपगृह्णीयात् ॥ कZ_०७.२.१९ ॥
Transliteration
dūṣyāmitrāṭavikān ubhayor upagṛhṇīyāt
Translation
He should win over both: the corruptible enemy elements and the forest tribes.
Word by Word
दूष्यcorruptible / amenable to subversion
दूष्य:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदूष्य (दुष्-धातु से निष्पन्न)
Formप्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (विशेषणरूपेण)
अमित्रof the enemy
अमित्र:
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र
Formषष्ठी एकवचन (सम्बन्धे)
आटविकान्forest-tribesmen / forest chiefs
आटविकान्:
TypeNoun
Rootआटविक
Formद्वितीया बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग
उभयोःof both (sides)
उभयोः:
TypePronoun/Adjective (pronominal)
Rootउभ
Formषष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन; (यहाँ षष्ठी द्विवचन—‘दोनों के’)
उपगृह्णीयात्should win over / should secure (to one’s side)
उपगृह्णीयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-ग्रह्
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘उपगृह्णीयात्’ = ‘उपगृह्णीयात्/उपगृह्णीयात्’ (should win over/secure)
Entities Mentioned
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dūṣya-amitra (subvertible enemy faction)Ā
āṭavika (forest tribes)FAQs
Both can be mobilized as indirect instruments—one from within the adversary’s polity, the other from the periphery—for pressure and disruption.