Sutra 6

Devanagari script

तान् राजा स्वविषये मन्त्रिपुरोहितसेनापतियुवराजदौवारिकान्तर्वंशिकप्रशास्तृसमाहर्तृसम्निधातृप्रदेष्टृनायकपौरव्यावहारिककार्मान्तिकमन्त्रिपरिषदध्यक्षदण्डदुर्गान्तपालाटविकेषु श्रद्धेयदेशवेषशिल्पभाषाभिजनापदेशान्भक्तितः सामर्थ्ययोगाच्चापसर्पयेत् ॥ कZ_०१.१२.०६ ॥

Transliteration

tān rājā svaviṣaye mantripurohitasenāpatiyuvarājadauvārikāntarvaṃśikapraśāstṛsamāhartṛsamnidhātṛpradeṣṭṛnāyakapauravyāvahārikakārmāntikamantripariṣadadhyakṣadaṇḍadurgāntapālāṭavikeṣu śraddheya-deśa-veṣa-śilpa-bhāṣā-abhijanāpadeśān bhaktitaḥ sāmarthya-yogāc cāpasarpayet

Translation

In his own realm, the king should stealthily place such agents—credible in their claimed region, dress, craft, language, and lineage—among the minister, chaplain, commander, crown prince, gatekeeper, inner-palace officials, provincial governors/administrators, revenue collectors, treasurers, superintendents, leaders, city officials, judicial officers, artisans’ establishments, the head of the council, police/penal authorities, fort and frontier wardens, and forest chiefs—using loyalty and suitability of capability as the basis for assignment.

Word by Word

• तान्: those (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma; accusative plural masculine (object)

• राजा: the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: nominative singular masculine (subject)

• स्वविषये: in his own territory
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वविषय
• Form: locative singular masculine; ‘in his own territory/domain’

• मन्त्रिपुरोहितसेनापतियुवराजदौवारिकान्तर्वंशिकप्रशास्तृसमाहर्तृसम्निधातृप्रदेष्टृनायकपौरव्यावहारिककार्मान्तिकमन्त्रिपरिषदध्यक्षदण्डदुर्गान्तपालाटविकेषु: among (his) ministers, chaplain, commander-in-chief, crown prince, door-keeper, inner-palace/inner-lineage officer, superintendent, collector, treasurer, distributor/inspector, leader, city notable, judicial officer, workshop superintendent, president of the ministerial council, penal authority, fort-frontier warden, and forest chief
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: (समास) मन्त्रिन् + पुरोहित + सेनापति + युवराज + दौवारिक + अन्तर्वंशिक + प्रशास्तृ + समाहर्तृ + सम्निधातृ + प्रदेष्टृ + नायक + पौर + व्यावहारिक + कार्मान्तिक + मन्त्रिपरिषद्-अध्यक्ष + दण्ड + दुर्गान्तपाल + आटविक
• Form: locative plural masculine; long coordinative list governed by ‘-eṣu’ = ‘among/in the case of …’

• श्रद्धेयदेशवेषशिल्पभाषाभिजनापदेशान्: (having) credible indications of region, dress, craft, language, and lineage
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: (समास) श्रद्धेय + देश + वेष + शिल्प + भाषा + अभिजन + अपदेश
• Form: accusative plural masculine; qualifies ‘तान्’ as possessing ‘credible/acceptable’ indications of place, dress, craft, speech, lineage

• भक्तितः: out of loyalty
• Type: Noun (indeclinable adverbial)
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: ablative singular used adverbially; ‘out of devotion/loyalty’

• सामर्थ्ययोगात्: through suitability/competence
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामर्थ्ययोग
• Form: ablative singular masculine; ‘from/through fitness by capability’

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: conjunction

• अपसर्पयेत्: should cause (them) to withdraw / should assign or move (them) away
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-√सृप् (सृप्)
• Form: causative (ṇij); optative/vidhi-liṅ; 3rd person singular; parasmaipada; ‘should cause to withdraw/remove/assign away’

Entities Mentioned

• rājā
• mantrin
• purohita
• senāpati
• yuvarāja
• dauvārika
• samāhartṛ
• sannidhātṛ
• mantripariṣad
• daṇḍa
• durgānta-pāla
• āṭavika

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FAQs

What governance principle is implied by planting agents across top offices?

Continuous verification of loyalty and performance through independent channels; no office is exempt from scrutiny, including the heir-apparent and military command.

Why list ‘deśa-veṣa-śilpa-bhāṣā-abhijana’ as credibility markers?

Because successful infiltration depends on culturally consistent cover—accent, dress, occupational knowledge, and social claims must align to avoid detection.