Sutra 19

Devanagari script

तेन मदनयोगव्यवहारी व्याख्यातः ॥ कZ_०४.४.१९ ॥

Transliteration

tena madanayogavyavahārī vyākhyātaḥ

Translation

Par là, est également visé celui qui fait commerce de « madana-yoga » (préparations sexuelles/aphrodisiaques utilisées pour manipuler).

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; thereby; with that (means/statement)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; तृतीया-एकवचनम्; पुं/नपुंसक-लिङ्गे (प्रसङ्गानुसारम्); ‘तेन’ = ‘तद्’ इत्यस्य करण-सम्बन्धः

• मदनयोगव्यवहारी: the one dealing with/concerned with ‘madanayoga’ (sexual/erotic stratagems/means)
• Type: Noun (Agent noun)
• Root: व्यवहारिन् (व्यवहार + इन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; बहुपद-समासः: मदन-योग-व्यवहारिन् = ‘मदनयोगे व्यवहारी’ (मदनयोग-विषये व्यवहारं कुर्वन्/तत्सम्बद्धः)

• व्याख्यातः: has been explained; has been expounded
• Type: Verb (Past passive participle)
• Root: √ख्या (आ + वि + √ख्या)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः); पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘explained/expounded’

Entities Mentioned

• madanayogavyavahārī

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FAQs

Why would aphrodisiac-dealing be grouped with poison-related policing?

Both involve covert chemical/compound use to overpower consent or security; the state treats them as comparable threats requiring similar detection and disruption.