Sutra 14

Devanagari script

छिन्नधान्यपुरुषवीवधयोः छिन्नधान्यमन्यतो धान्यमानीय जङ्गमस्थावराहारं वा युध्येत न छिन्नपुरुषवीवधमनभिसारम् ॥ कZ_०८.५.१४ ॥

Transliteration

chinnadhānyapuruṣavīvadhayoḥ chinnadhānyam anyato dhānyam ānīya jaṅgamasthāvarāhāraṃ vā yudhyeta na chinnapuruṣavīvadham anabhisāram

Translation

Entre celui dont l’approvisionnement en grain est coupé et celui dont les hommes et les bêtes de trait/de transport ont été abattus, il faut combattre le camp dont le grain est coupé—en faisant venir du grain d’ailleurs ou en subsistant grâce à des vivres mobiles et fixes ; il ne faut pas combattre lorsque les hommes et les animaux de transport sont détruits et qu’aucun secours ne peut être acheminé.

Word by Word

• छिन्नधान्यपुरुषवीवधयोः: in the two cases of (a) cut-off grain and (b) killing of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: छिन्न-धान्य-पुरुष-वीवध
• Form: षष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (genitive dual); compound referring to two kinds of situations: (1) छिन्नधान्य (cut-off grain supply) and (2) पुरुषवीवध (killing of men)

• छिन्नधान्यम्: cut-off grain (supply)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: छिन्नधान्य
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); object of (युध्येत) in the sense ‘should fight for/with regard to’

• अन्यतः: from elsewhere
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यतस्
• Form: अव्यय; ablatival sense ‘from elsewhere’

• धान्यम्: grain, provisions
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); object of आनीय

• आनीय: having brought
• Type: Verb (absolutive)
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: क्त्वान्त (ल्यप्) अव्यय; ‘having brought’

• जङ्गमस्थावराहारम्: food (supplies) from movable and immovable sources
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गम-स्थावर-आहार
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); alternative object with वा

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: अव्यय; disjunctive ‘or’

• युध्येत: should fight, should engage in battle
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘should fight/engage’

• न: not
• Type: Negation
• Root: न
• Form: अव्यय; negates following instruction

• छिन्नपुरुषवीवधम्: (a situation of) killing of men / slaughter
• Type: Noun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: छिन्न-पुरुष-वीवध
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); object contrasted with छिन्नधान्यम्

• अनभिसारम्: not to be approached/assailed; not to be undertaken (as an attack)
• Type: Adjective (used predicatively)
• Root: अन-भिसार
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); qualifying the (implied) course of action: ‘not to be approached/attacked’ or ‘not to be marched against’

Entities Mentioned

• king
• army

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FAQs

Why is loss of men/transport worse than loss of grain?

Food can be substituted via import or foraging; trained manpower and transport capacity are slower to regenerate and directly limit maneuver and relief.