Sutra 30

Devanagari script

आवरणिनः शस्त्रपाणयो व्यालानभिहन्युः ॥ कZ_०४.३.३० ॥

Transliteration

āvaraṇinaḥ śastrapāṇayo vyālān abhihanyuḥ

Translation

武装した護衛は野獣を討ち取るべきである。

Word by Word

• आवरणिनः: the guards/screening men (those assigned to the cordon/cover)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: आवरणिन्
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग (आवरणिन्-शब्दः); कर्तृपदम्

• शस्त्रपाणयः: armed (having weapons in hand)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शस्त्रपाणि
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (आवरणिनः इति पदस्य)

• व्यालान्: wild/ferocious animals (dangerous beasts)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल
• Form: द्वितीया-बहुवचनम्; पुंलिङ्ग; कर्मपदम्

• अभिहन्युः: should strike down / kill (them)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; उपसर्गः: अभि-; धातोः अर्थः: हनन/प्रहार

Entities Mentioned

• āvaraṇin (guards)
• vyāla (wild beasts)

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FAQs

How does this differ from the previous verse’s ‘patrol with traps’?

It distinguishes preventive capture (traps/patrol) from direct lethal response by armed personnel—two tiers of operational control.