Sutra 55

Devanagari script

इन्द्रस्य हि मन्त्रिपरिषदृषीणां सहस्रम् ॥ कZ_०१.१५.५५ ॥

Transliteration

indrasya hi mantripariṣadṛṣīṇāṃ sahasram

Translation

For Indra is said to have a thousand seer-councillors in his ministerial council.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रस्य: of Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम्, पुंलिङ्ग

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Particle
• Root: हि
• Form: निपात (अव्यय), अवधान/हेतु/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक

• मन्त्रिपरिषदृषीणाम्: of the ministers, the council (members), and the sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रि + परिषद् + ऋषि
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्; अन्तिमपद ‘ऋषि’ पुंलिङ्ग; समासे ‘मन्त्रि’ (पुं), ‘परिषद्’ (स्त्री) + ‘ऋषि’ (पुं) इति समुच्चयः; अर्थतः ‘मन्त्रिणां च परिषदः च ऋषीणां च’

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• Type: Numeral (Noun)
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; संख्यावाचक

Entities Mentioned

• Indra
• Ṛṣis (seer-councillors)
• Mantripariṣad

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FAQs

Why invoke Indra’s ‘thousand’ advisers?

As a legitimizing analogy: even a supreme ruler benefits from extensive counsel—supporting the idea that advisory capacity can be scaled.