Sutra 11

Devanagari script

एवं परस्य यातव्योऽस्मै साहाय्यमविनष्टः प्रयच्छेत् ॥ कZ_०७.४.११ ॥

Transliteration

evaṃ parasya yātavyo'smai sāhāyyam avinaṣṭaḥ prayacchet.

Translation

Thus, one may go to the other (party) and, without endangering oneself, provide him assistance.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक

• परस्य: of the enemy / of the other (hostile) party
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (पर-शब्दः)

• यातव्यः: should be gone to; should be approached
• Type: Verbal adjective (Gerundive)
• Root: या
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्); प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; विधेय-विशेषण (to be gone/approached)

• अस्मै: to him; for him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अयम् (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (दत्तिव)

• साहाय्यम्: assistance; help
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• अविनष्टः: not destroyed; intact; unharmed
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle with negation)
• Root: वि-नश्
• Form: नञ्-समास/उपसर्ग-निषेध ‘अ-’ + विनष्ट; प्रथमा-एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तृ-विशेषण

• प्रयच्छेत्: should give; should provide; should grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘he should give/bestow’

Entities Mentioned

• ally/other party

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FAQs

What constraint is placed on providing assistance?

Aid should be structured so that the assisting state remains avinaṣṭa—i.e., does not compromise its own security, treasury, or stability.