Sutra 32

Devanagari script

दूष्यामित्राटवीदण्डं वास्मै दद्यात् ॥ कZ_०७.८.३२ ॥

Transliteration

dūṣyāmitrāṭavīdaṇḍaṃ vā asmai dadyāt.

Translation

Or he should assign him a punitive action/command directed specifically against a troublesome enemy or a forest (frontier) zone.

Word by Word

• दूष्य: a corruptible/subornable (enemy-side) person/group
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दूष्य (दूष्-धातु से निष्पन्न; दूष् = दूषयति)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (विशेषण/संज्ञा)

• अमित्र: of the enemy
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-मित्र
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• आटवीदण्डम्: the punitive force/expedition for the forest (wilderness)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; समास-विग्रह: आटव्याः दण्डः

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

• अस्मै: to him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: चतुर्थी एकवचन; (पुं/नपुं)

• दद्यात्: should give / should grant
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘he should give’

Entities Mentioned

• king
• agent/commander
• enemy
• forest frontier (āṭavī)

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FAQs

Why assign such a person to ‘āṭavī-daṇḍa’ (forest/frontier coercion)?

It both addresses a security problem (frontier disorder) and keeps a potentially dangerous agent occupied away from the political center.