Arthashastra — Adhyakshaprachara, Sutra 20
Devanagari script
विपर्यये तमेव प्रति स्यात् ॥ कZ_०२.७.२० ॥
Transliteration
viparyaye tameva prati syāt
Translation
विपरीत स्थिति में वही दायित्व उसी व्यक्ति पर होगा।
Word by Word
विपर्ययेin the opposite (case/contingency)
विपर्यये:
TypeNoun
Rootविपर्यय
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (विपर्यये = विपर्यये/विपर्यये ‘in the reverse/opposite case’)
तम्him/that (person/thing)
तम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formद्वितीया एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (object of प्रति)
एवindeed; only; just
एव:
TypeParticle
Rootएव
Formनिपात; अव्यय (emphatic)
प्रतिtowards; against; with respect to
प्रति:
TypePreposition/Particle
Rootप्रति
Formउपसर्ग/अव्यय; governs accusative sense ‘towards/against/in relation to’
स्यात्should be; would apply
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
Formलिङ् (विधिलिङ्) परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘should be/should occur’
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