Sutra 51

Devanagari script

शक्या च स्त्री राजहितेनियोक्तुमुपांशुदण्डेन व्याधिना वा व्यावर्तयितुमवस्रावयितुं वा इति ॥ कZ_०८.३.५१ ॥

Transliteration

śakyā ca strī rāja-hita-niyoktum upāṃśu-daṇḍena vyādhinā vā vyāvartayitum avasrāvayituṃ vā iti

Translation

Et une femme peut être orientée vers l’intérêt du roi ; ou (si nécessaire) contenue par une punition discrète, ou détournée par la maladie, ou amenée à se retirer.

Word by Word

• शक्या: (she) is capable / it is possible (for her)
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: शक्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कृदन्त-रूप (शक्य- ‘able/possible’), विधेय-विशेषण

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

• स्त्री: a woman
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय

• राजहितेन: by (appeal to) the king’s interest / for the king’s benefit
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजहित
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन; साधन/हेतु-करण (‘by/with the king’s interest’)

• नियोक्तुम्: to employ / to assign / to instruct
• Type: Verb (Infinitive)
• Root: नि-युज्
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त; infinitive; ‘to appoint/engage/instruct’

• उपांशु-दण्डेन: with a secret punishment
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपांशुदण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन; करण; ‘with a secret/quiet punishment’

• व्याधिना: by illness (real or contrived)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन; करण

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय

• व्यावर्तयितुम्: to turn away / to ward off / to remove
• Type: Verb (Infinitive)
• Root: वि-आ-वृत् (caus.)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + तुमुन्; infinitive; ‘to turn back/ward off/remove’

• अवस्रावयितुम्: to cause discharge/bleeding / to drain (him/her)
• Type: Verb (Infinitive)
• Root: अव-स्रु (caus.)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + तुमुन्; infinitive; ‘to cause to flow down; to make discharge/bleed; to drain’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय

• इति: thus
• Type: Quotative particle
• Root: इति
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक

Entities Mentioned

• king
• women/consorts
• palace officials (implied)

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent behind ‘discreet punishment’?

To prevent scandal and factional backlash while still enforcing discipline and limiting undue access to the ruler.

How should ‘vyādhi’ be read in a governance context?

As a managed pretext/medical seclusion or health-based restriction to reduce disruptive influence without overt confrontation.