Sutra 10
Devanagari script
स्वभूमिं युद्धकालं प्रत्यनीकमभिन्नभेदनं भिन्नसंधानं संहतभेदनं भिन्नवधं दुर्गवधं यात्राकालं च पश्येत् ॥ कZ_०२.३३.१० ॥
Transliteration
svabhūmiṃ yuddhakālaṃ pratyanīkam abhinnabhedanaṃ bhinnasaṃdhānaṃ saṃhatabhedanaṃ bhinnavadhaṃ durgavadhaṃ yātrākālaṃ ca paśyet
Translation
彼は、自己の領土、戦闘の時機、敵の布陣、未分裂の敵をいかに分断するか、分断された兵力をいかに和解（再統合）するか、結集した敵をいかに打ち破るか、散開した敵をいかに殲滅するか、要塞をいかに攻略するか、そして出征/行軍（戦役）に適した時期を考察すべきである。
Word by Word
स्वभूमिम्one’s own territory/land
स्वभूमिम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (स्व + भूमि) कर्मपद
युद्धकालम्the time for war
युद्धकालम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (युद्ध + काल) कर्मपद
प्रतिtowards; against
प्रति:
TypeParticle
Rootप्रति
Formउपसर्ग/अव्यय; ‘towards/against’ अर्थे
अनीकम्army formation; battle-front
अनीकम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअनीक
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘सेना-व्यूह/सेनाग्र’
अभिन्नभेदनम्breaking an unbroken/undivided formation
अभिन्नभेदनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभेदन
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (अभिन्न + भेदन)
भिन्नसन्धानम्rejoining/re-forming a broken formation
भिन्नसन्धानम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसन्धान
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (भिन्न + सन्धान)
संहतभेदनम्breaking a compact/massed formation
संहतभेदनम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभेदन
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (संहत + भेदन)
भिन्नवधम्killing/destruction of those who are separated/dispersed
भिन्नवधम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवध
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (भिन्न + वध)
दुर्गवधम्destruction/capture of a fort
दुर्गवधम्:
TypeNoun
Rootवध
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (दुर्ग + वध)
यात्राकालम्the time for marching/setting out (campaign time)
यात्राकालम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; (यात्रा + काल) कर्मपद
चand
च:
TypeConjunction
Rootच
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
पश्येत्should observe/consider
पश्येत्:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formलोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; ‘he should observe/consider’
Entities Mentioned
E
enemy force (pratyanīka)F
forts (durga)FAQs
Treat enemy cohesion as a variable: first induce division in a unified opponent, prevent effective reunification, break concentrated strength when advantageous, and eliminate dispersed remnants—while synchronizing with terrain and time.