Sutra 63

Devanagari script

व्यसनं तद्गरीयः स्यात्प्रधानस्येतरस्य वा ॥ कZ_०८.१.६३च्द् ॥

Transliteration

vyasanaṃ tadgarīyaḥ syātpradhānasyetarasya vā

Translation

—that calamity should be regarded as the more serious, whether it affects the principal element or a secondary one.

Word by Word

• व्यसनम्: calamity; misfortune; (also) vice/addiction
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यस् (vyas) / व्यसन (nominal stem)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextually: प्रथमा एकवचन)

• तत्: that (i.e., that calamity/vice)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-stem)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘व्यसनम्’ इत्यस्य अन्वयः

• गरीयः: more serious; graver; weightier
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (adj. stem)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन, तुलनात्मक (comparative) रूप; विधेयविशेषणम्

• स्यात्: would be; should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (to be)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रधानस्य: of the chief (minister/officer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रधान (adj./noun stem)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन

• इतरस्य: of another; of a non-chief (person/official)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इतर (pronoun/adjective stem)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; ‘प्रधानस्य’ इत्यस्य विकल्पः

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

Entities Mentioned

• principal vs secondary state elements
• vyasana severity

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FAQs

Why can a calamity affecting a 'secondary' element be graver than one affecting a 'principal' element?

Because gravity is measured by systemic consequence—if it destroys or disables the rest, it is the most dangerous regardless of where it begins.