Sutra 19

Devanagari script

यदा वा पश्येत् न शक्यमेकेन यातुमवश्यं च यातव्यमिति तदा समहीनज्यायोभिः सामवायिकैः सम्भूय यायादेकत्र निर्दिष्टेनांशेन अनेकत्रानिर्दिष्टेनांशेन ॥ कZ_०७.४.१९ ॥

Transliteration

yadā vā paśyet na śakyam ekena yātum avaśyaṃ ca yātavyam iti tadā samahīnajyāyobhiḥ sāmavāyikaiḥ sambhūya yāyād ekatra nirdiṣṭenāṃśena anekatra anirdiṣṭenāṃśena

Translation

Or, when he sees that marching cannot be done alone but must be done, then he should march jointly with confederates of equal, lesser, or greater power—either with a fixed share agreed for one place/objective, or with an unfixed share spread across multiple places/objectives.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

वाor / alternatively

पश्येत्should see / should find (that)

नnot

शक्यम्possible

एकेनby one (person/force)

यातुम्to go / to proceed

अवश्यम्necessarily / inevitably

चand

यातव्यम्must be gone / must proceed

इतिthus

तदाthen

समहीनज्यायोभिःtogether with (persons/forces) equal, inferior, and superior (to oneself)

सामवायिकैःwith allied/associated (partners)

सम्भूयhaving assembled / having united

यायात्should go / should proceed

एकत्रin one place / at one point

निर्दिष्टेनwith a specified (share/portion)

अंशेनby/with a share (portion)

अनेकत्रin many places / at multiple points

अनिर्दिष्टेनwith an unspecified (share/portion)

अंशेनby/with a share (portion)

Entities Mentioned

confederates (sāmavāyika)

FAQs

What is the governance takeaway of 7.4.19 for coalition-building?

If strategic necessity exceeds solo capacity, form a coalition and pre-structure contribution/benefit rules—either fixed for a single objective or flexible for multiple objectives.