Sutra 9

Devanagari script

अवशः कर्मणा तेन वश्यो भवति तावताम् ॥ कZ_०१.८.०९च्द् ॥

Transliteration

avaśaḥ karmaṇā tena vaśyo bhavati tāvatām

Translation

Par cet acte même, il devient impuissant et passe sous le contrôle d’un si grand nombre.

Word by Word

• अवशः: helpless; not in control; under another’s power
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: वश
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; नञ्-पूर्वकः (अ-वश) विशेषणम्

• कर्मणा: by an act; by action/means
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-एकवचनम् (करणे)

• तेन: by that; with that (means)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुं, तृतीया-एकवचनम्

• वश्यः: tractable; controllable; submissive
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: वश
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• भवति: becomes; comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट्-लकारः, परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• तावताम्: of so many; to that extent (of those)
• Type: Pronoun/Quantifier
• Root: तावत्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रायः परिमाणवाचकः; षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (सम्बन्धे)

Entities Mentioned

• ruler
• confidants (implied)

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FAQs

What modern governance idea parallels this claim?

Operational security and ‘need-to-know’: each additional holder of sensitive information increases the surface area for coercion, leaks, and capture.