Sutra 20

Devanagari script

सम्रुद्धगतिरसार्वकालिकः प्रकृष्टभययोनिर्निष्प्रतीकारश्च वारिपथः विपरीतः स्थलपथः ॥ कZ_०७.१२.२० ॥

Transliteration

samruddhagatir asārvakālikaḥ prakṛṣṭabhayayoniḥ niṣpratīkāraś ca vāripathaḥ viparītaḥ sthalapathaḥ

Translation

जल-मार्ग में गति बाधित रहती है, वह सभी ऋतुओं में उपयोगी नहीं, वह अधिक भय का कारण है और विपत्ति आने पर उसका प्रतिकार कठिन है; स्थल-मार्ग इसके विपरीत है।

Word by Word

• समृद्धगति: having well-developed/secure movement (good navigability/traffic)
• Type: Noun (compound adjective)
• Root: गम् (gam)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; विशेषणम् (वारिपथस्य)

• रस: profit/revenue (yield)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस (rasa)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; (समृद्धगति-रस-… इत्यत्र समुच्चित-विशेषणपदम्)

• सार्वकालिक: usable in all seasons/at all times
• Type: Noun (compound adjective)
• Root: काल (kāla)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; विशेषणम् (वारिपथस्य)

• प्रकृष्टभययोनि: having an intense source/cause of danger
• Type: Noun (compound adjective)
• Root: यु (yu) / योनि (yoni)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; विशेषणम् (वारिपथस्य)

• निष्प्रतीकार: without remedy; difficult to counteract
• Type: Noun (compound adjective)
• Root: प्रति√कृ (prati-kṛ) (in sense ‘to counteract/remedy’)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; विशेषणम् (वारिपथस्य)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च (ca)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• वारिपथ: water-route; sea/river route
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ (patha)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; विषयः (मुख्यपदम्)

• विपरीत: opposite (in nature)
• Type: Noun (adjective)
• Root: वि√परि (vipari) / विपरीत (viparīta)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; विशेषणम् (स्थलपथस्य)

• स्थलपथ: land-route
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथ (patha)
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुल्लिङ्गः; (वाक्ये ‘स्थलपथः’ इति)

Entities Mentioned

• water route
• land route
• security forces

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FAQs

How does this verse qualify the earlier preference for water routes?

It adds a risk lens: water routes may be cheaper but can be seasonal, dangerous, and harder to respond to during crises.

What policy balance is implied?

Use water routes for bulk cost efficiency, but maintain land-route alternatives and rapid-response capabilities.