Sutra 53

Devanagari script

अराजव्यसनाबाधः शश्वदावसति क्षितिम् ॥ कZ_०१.१७.५३च्द् ॥

Transliteration

arājavyasanābādhaḥ śaśvad āvasati kṣitim

Translation

Free from the calamities of being without a king, it (the polity) continually holds the earth (endures).

Word by Word

• अराजव्यसनाबाधः: (He/it) is not afflicted by the king’s vices/calamities
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: बाध्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः: अराजस्य व्यसनानि (षष्ठी) तैः अबाधः = अराजव्यसनाबाधः ‘राजव्यसनैः अबाधितः/अस्पृष्टः’

• शश्वत्: always, continually
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शश्वत्
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम्

• आवसति: dwells, resides
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः: आ-; धातुः: वस् (निवासे)

• क्षितिम्: the earth/land (the realm)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

Entities Mentioned

• polity/state

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What is ‘arājavyasana’ in administrative terms?

A breakdown of command and enforcement—leading to factional violence, revenue collapse, and vulnerability to external aggression.