Sutra 26
Devanagari script
विक्रान्तं प्रकृतिकोपेन घातयेत् ॥ कZ_०५.६.२६ ॥
Transliteration
vikrāntaṃ prakṛti-kopena ghātayet
Translation
Celui qui a outrepassé les bornes (devenu trop entreprenant) doit être éliminé en provoquant la colère des éléments constitutifs de l’État (afin qu’ils se retournent eux-mêmes contre lui).
Word by Word
विक्रान्तम्the valiant (person) / one who has advanced boldly
विक्रान्तम्:
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootवि-क्रम्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) from √क्रम with उपसर्ग वि-; कर्मपद as object of घातयेत्
प्रकृति-कोपेनby (means of) the anger/hostility of the state’s constituents
प्रकृति-कोपेन:
TypeNoun (instrumental phrase)
Rootप्रकृति + कोप
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, तृतीया; ‘प्रकृतीनां कोपः’ → प्रकृतिकोपः; तेन = ‘by/through the anger of the constituents’
घातयेत्should cause (him) to be killed / should have (him) eliminated
घातयेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (घातयति)
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative (णिच्) of √हन्: ‘to cause to be killed/struck’
Entities Mentioned
O
overreaching claimantP
prakṛtis (constituent state elements)FAQs
Indirect removal: mobilizing key stakeholders (elite/institutions/public forces) so the target is brought down without the minister appearing as the direct assassin.
It reduces backlash and frames the outcome as the system’s response rather than a personal plot.