Sutra 12

Devanagari script

न चान्योन्यं संस्थास्ते वा विद्युः ॥ कZ_०१.१२.१२ ॥

Transliteration

na cānyonyaṃ saṃsthās te vā vidyuḥ

Translation

And the stations should not know one another, nor should those agents know (each other).

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• अन्योन्यम्: each other; mutually
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (reciprocal)
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (परस्परम् इत्यर्थे)

• संस्थाः: institutions; established arrangements
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्था
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, स्त्रीलिङ्गम्

• ते: they (those)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गम् (सन्दर्भानुसारं स्त्रीलिङ्गेऽपि प्रयुज्यते); अन्वयः—‘ते (संस्थाः)’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• विद्युः: would know; should know; know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्?—विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; धातुः ‘विद्’ (ज्ञाने)

Entities Mentioned

• saṃsthā (stations)
• agents

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FAQs

What modern security principle matches ‘na cānyonyaṃ…vidyuḥ’?

Need-to-know compartmentalization (cell structure): limiting mutual knowledge reduces cascade failure if any node is compromised.

What is the political intent of isolating stations?

To protect the king’s intelligence apparatus from penetration, factional capture, and coordinated betrayal by preventing lateral coordination among agents.