Sutra 35

Devanagari script

यौवनोत्सेकात्परस्त्रीषु मनः कुर्वाणमार्याव्यञ्जनाभिः स्त्रीभिरमेध्याभिः शून्यागारेषु रात्राव् उद्वेजयेयुः ॥ कZ_०१.१७.३५ ॥

Transliteration

yauvanotsekāt parastrīṣu manaḥ kurvāṇam āryāvyañjanābhiḥ strībhir amedhyābhiḥ śūnyāgāreṣu rātrāv udvejayeyuḥ

Translation

Si, par l’orgueil de la jeunesse, il tourne son esprit vers les femmes d’autrui, ils doivent l’effrayer/le dissuader la nuit dans des pièces vides au moyen de femmes d’apparence respectable mais impures, afin de réfréner cet élan.

Word by Word

• यौवनोत्सेकात्: from the intoxication/arrogance of youth
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्सेक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन; हेतु/कारणार्थे (यौवनस्य उत्सेकात्)

• परस्त्रीषु: towards other men’s women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (पराः स्त्रियः)

• मनः: mind
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (कर्म)

• कुर्वाणम्: (one) who is directing/turning (it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ); परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘(him) who is directing/placing (his mind)’

• आर्याव्यञ्जनाभिः: by women with the outward marks of respectability
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यञ्जन
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; (आर्यस्य व्यञ्जनानि—आर्यलक्षणानि—यासां ताभिः)

• स्त्रीभिः: by women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन

• अमेध्याभिः: impure (women)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमेध्य
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (स्त्रीभिः)

• शून्यागारेषु: in empty houses
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगार
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन (शून्यानि आगाराणि)

• रात्रौ: at night
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (कालाधिकरण)

• उद्वेजयेयुः: they should alarm/harass (him)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+विज् (उद्वेजयति)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; causative (णिच्) ‘they should cause to be alarmed/harassed’

Entities Mentioned

• prince
• women (agents/decoys)

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FAQs

Why is desire for others’ women treated as a governance problem?

It creates blackmail risk, factional hostility, and legitimacy loss—turning private vice into public instability and security vulnerability.

What technique is described here in modern terms?

A deterrence/aversive-conditioning tactic using staged fear and reputational cues to break a risky behavioral pattern before it becomes exploitable.