Sutra 7

Devanagari script

तस्यां हि सर्वविद्यारम्भाः प्रतिबद्धा इति कZ_०१.२.०७ ॥

Transliteration

tasyāṃ hi sarvavidyārambhāḥ pratibaddhā iti

Translation

Car dans cette (science de l’examen critique), les commencements de toutes les branches du savoir sont fondés et assurés.

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (i.e., in it/her)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (अधिकरणे)

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Particle
• Root: हि
• Form: निपात; हेतौ/निश्चये (emphatic/causal particle)

• सर्वविद्यारम्भाः: the beginnings/commencements of all sciences/branches of knowledge
• Type: Noun
• Root: आरम्भ (√रभ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा; समासः = सर्वविद्यायाः आरम्भाः

• प्रतिबद्धाः: are bound/connected; are dependent (upon)
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: √बन्ध् (प्रति- + बद्ध)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; बहुवचन; प्रथमा; विशेषणम् (सर्वविद्यारम्भान् विशेषयति)

• इति: thus; so (it is said)
• Type: Quotative particle
• Root: इति
• Form: निपात; वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थ/उद्धरण-चिह्न

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FAQs

What is the strategic objective (Artha) of this verse?

To justify why rigorous critical inquiry must underpin governance: it stabilizes decision-making by grounding policy, law, economics, and security measures in tested reasoning rather than impulse or tradition alone.

How does this apply to modern governance?

It supports evidence-based policy and institutional learning: governments should anchor regulation, budgeting, security strategy, and welfare programs in analysis, evaluation, and clearly stated assumptions.

What is the specific duty of the ruler/official mentioned?

No specific office is named; the implied duty is that the ruler and senior administrators must cultivate analytical competence so that all other trainings (law, economy, coercive power, diplomacy) rest on sound first principles.