Sutra 19

Devanagari script

यदा वा पश्येत् न शक्यमेकेन यातुमवश्यं च यातव्यमिति तदा समहीनज्यायोभिः सामवायिकैः सम्भूय यायादेकत्र निर्दिष्टेनांशेन अनेकत्रानिर्दिष्टेनांशेन ॥ कZ_०७.४.१९ ॥

Transliteration

yadā vā paśyet na śakyam ekena yātum avaśyaṃ ca yātavyam iti tadā samahīnajyāyobhiḥ sāmavāyikaiḥ sambhūya yāyād ekatra nirdiṣṭenāṃśena anekatra anirdiṣṭenāṃśena

Translation

O bien, cuando vea que no es posible marchar solo pero que es necesario marchar, entonces debe marchar conjuntamente con confederados de poder igual, menor o mayor: ya sea con una parte fija acordada para un lugar/objetivo, o con una parte no fija repartida entre varios lugares/objetivos.

Word by Word

यदाwhen

वाor / alternatively

पश्येत्should see / should find (that)

नnot

शक्यम्possible

एकेनby one (person/force)

यातुम्to go / to proceed

अवश्यम्necessarily / inevitably

चand

यातव्यम्must be gone / must proceed

इतिthus

तदाthen

समहीनज्यायोभिःtogether with (persons/forces) equal, inferior, and superior (to oneself)

सामवायिकैःwith allied/associated (partners)

सम्भूयhaving assembled / having united

यायात्should go / should proceed

एकत्रin one place / at one point

निर्दिष्टेनwith a specified (share/portion)

अंशेनby/with a share (portion)

अनेकत्रin many places / at multiple points

अनिर्दिष्टेनwith an unspecified (share/portion)

अंशेनby/with a share (portion)

Entities Mentioned

confederates (sāmavāyika)

FAQs

What is the governance takeaway of 7.4.19 for coalition-building?

If strategic necessity exceeds solo capacity, form a coalition and pre-structure contribution/benefit rules—either fixed for a single objective or flexible for multiple objectives.