Sutra 6

Devanagari script

प्रत्यन्ते हस्तिवनमटव्यारक्षं निवेशयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२.०६ ॥

Transliteration

pratyante hastivanamaṭavyārakṣaṃ niveśayet

Translation

辺境では、象のために保護された象林保護区（警備された森林地帯）を設けるべきである。

Word by Word

• प्रत्यन्ते: in the frontier region
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यन्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (अधिकरण)

• हस्तिवनम्: an elephant-forest (elephant reserve)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिवन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म)

• अटव्या: by/with a forest (tract)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अटवी
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचन (करण/सह)

• रक्षम्: a guard/protection (arrangement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्ष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (कर्म)

• निवेशयेत्: should establish / should station
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√विश्
• Form: कारण-प्रयोग (णिच्); परस्मैपद; विधिलिङ्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• frontier administration
• elephant forest reserve

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FAQs

Why does Kautilya place elephant forests in frontier regions?

To secure a strategic military resource near zones of conflict while controlling access and preventing enemy capture or smuggling.