Arthashastra 7.13.14: Shadgunya, Adhyaya 13, Sutra 14

Devanagari script

मित्राभियोगिनोः पार्ष्णिग्रहणे त एव हेतवः ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 7.13.14

Transliteration

mitrābhiyoginoḥ pārṣṇigrahaṇe ta eva hetavaḥ

Translation

और जब दोस्ती के लिए दो लोग लड़ रहे हों, तब भी पीछे से हमलाबोली करने की बात सामे है। वही वजह काम करती है, बस सिचुएशन अलग है।

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Word by Word

• मित्र: ally, friend (in interstate politics)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया/सम्बोधन एकवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• In statecraft: ally; friendly king/state

• अभियोगिनोः: of/among the accusers (two parties)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि√युज् (युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी द्विवचन; 'अभियोगिन्' (accuser/complainant/one who brings a charge)
• In statecraft: party bringing an accusation/charge (in a dispute)

• पार्ष्णिग्रहणे: in the taking/seizing of the rear (i.e., rear-attack situation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णिग्रहण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; 'ग्रहण' = taking/seizing; 'पार्ष्णि' = heel/back (fig. rear)
• Compound: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पार्ष्णेः ग्रहणम्)
• In statecraft: seizure/occupation of the rear (rear-attack; taking the enemy in the rear)

• ते: they/those (i.e., these)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (or नपुंसक प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन); deictic pronoun

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: निपात; अव्यय

• हेतवः: causes, reasons, grounds
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन
• In statecraft: grounds/reasons (legal/political causes)

Sandhi Notes

• पदच्छेदः: मित्र + अभियोगिनोः + पार्ष्णिग्रहणे + ते + एव + हेतवः
• 'मित्राभियोगिनोः' इति समासाभास/सन्धि-लेखनम्: मित्र + अभियोगिनोः (अ + अ → आ) = मित्राभियोगिनोः

Entities Mentioned

• mitrābhiyogin
• pārṣṇigrāha

Topic and Governance

Prakarana (topic)

Foreign policy—alliances, counter-alliances, and the risk of 'pārṣṇigraha' manipulation during equal enemy pressure

Governance domain

Alliance competition; managing rival claimants to partnership

Vocabulary Breakdown

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FAQs

What are the 'same reasons' referring to?

The earlier evaluation logic about how different claimant-types affect hostility, popularity, and strategic overreach is applied to disputes over who becomes (or is treated as) a friend/ally.