Sutra 27
Devanagari script
ते ह्यस्य सर्वमवगृह्य स्वामिवत्प्रचरन्ति ॥ कZ_०१.८.२१ ॥
Transliteration
te hy asya sarvam avagṛhya svāmivat pracaranti
Translation
For they, having seized control of everything belonging to him, conduct themselves as if they were the master.
Word by Word
तेthey
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे)
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeParticle
Rootहि
Formनिपात; अव्यय
अस्यof him / of this (person)
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी एकवचनम्; पुं/नपुंसक (सन्दर्भे)
सर्वम्everything / the whole (of it)
सर्वम्:
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व
Formविशेषण; द्वितीया एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग
अवगृह्यhaving seized/appropriated; having taken possession of
अवगृह्य:
TypeVerb (absolutive)
Rootअव-ग्रह्
Formक्त्वान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; उपसर्ग: अव-; धातु: ग्रह् (ग्रहण)
स्वामिवत्like a master; as though the owner
स्वामिवत्:
TypeAdverb (comparative in -वत्)
Rootस्वामिन् + वत्
Form-वत् प्रत्ययान्त; अव्ययीभावार्थे (तुल्यभावे) अव्ययप्रयोगः
प्रचरन्तिthey move about / they act / they conduct themselves
प्रचरन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-चर्
Formलट् लकार; परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; बहुवचनम्; उपसर्ग: प्र-; धातु: चर्
Entities Mentioned
S
svāmin (king/master)A
amātya (implied officials)FAQs
They can appropriate the king’s powers and resources, behaving as de facto rulers.
State capture or bureaucratic capture—agents entrench and act as principals.