Sutra 1

Devanagari script

उपधाभिः शुद्धामात्यवर्गो गूढपुरुषानुत्पादयेत्कापटिकोदास्थितगृहपतिकवैदेहकतापसव्यञ्जनान् सत्त्रितीष्क्णरसदभिक्षुकीश्च ॥ कZ_०१.११.०१ ॥

Transliteration

upadhābhiḥ śuddhāmātyavargo gūḍhapuruṣān utpādayet kāpaṭikodāsthita-gṛhapatika-vaidehaka-tāpasavyañjanān sattri-tīkṣṇarasa-dabhikṣukīś ca

Translation

Tras purificar al grupo ministerial mediante pruebas (upadhā), debe crear (reclutar y desplegar) operativos encubiertos—bajo los disfraces de un estudiante fraudulento, una persona neutral/indiferente, un cabeza de familia, un vaidehaka y un asceta; y también agentes del tipo sattra, operativos agudos/duros y mendicantes engañosos.

Word by Word

• उपधाभिः: by means of tests/temptations
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपधा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन

• शुद्धम्: purified, vetted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; (अमात्यवर्गम् इति विशेषयति)

• अमात्यवर्गम्: the body/class of ministers (officials)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्यवर्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• गूढपुरुषान्: secret agents (spies)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गूढपुरुष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन

• उत्पादयेत्: should produce/raise (and deploy)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्√पद्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; सकर्मक

• कापटिक: as impostors/deceivers
• Type: Noun
• Root: कापटिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन (गूढपुरुषान् इति विशेषण-रूपेण)

• उदास्थित: appearing indifferent/aloof
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: उदास्थित
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; (गृहपतिक-आदि-व्यञ्जनान् इति विशेषयति)

• गृहपतिक: as householders/heads of families
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहपतिक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; (व्यञ्जनान् इति विशेषण-रूपेण)

• वैदेहक: as merchants/traders (Vaidehakas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेहक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; (व्यञ्जनान् इति विशेषण-रूपेण)

• तापस: as ascetics
• Type: Noun
• Root: तापस
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; (व्यञ्जनान् इति विशेषण-रूपेण)

• व्यञ्जनान्: in the guise/disguise (as)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यञ्जन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन

• सत्त्रि: as sattra-attendants/charity-house men
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्रि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; (…च इति समुच्चय)

• तीक्ष्णरसद: as ‘sharp/pungent-substance’ men (a spy-cover type)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्णरसद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन

• अभिक्षुकीः: and as female mendicants/beggar-women
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिक्षुकी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; (…च)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Entities Mentioned

• ministers (amātya)
• covert agents (gūḍhapuruṣa)
• kāpaṭika (impostor student)
• udāsthita (neutral persona)
• gṛhapatika (householder)
• vaidehaka (professional/region-based cover)
• tāpasa (ascetic cover)
• sattrin (sattra-type agent)
• tīkṣṇarasa (hard/forceful agent)
• deceitful mendicant (dabhi(k)ṣukī)

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FAQs

Why does the text link ministerial purification with creating covert agents?

Trusted administrators are needed to run sensitive covert operations; vetting reduces the risk that intelligence assets are compromised or repurposed for factional ends.