Sutra 14
Devanagari script
कपालसंश्रयस्तिष्ठेत्मूलहरमितरस्येतरमपदिशन् ॥ कZ_०७.२.१४ ॥
Transliteration
kapālasaṃśrayas tiṣṭhet mūlaharam itarasyetaram apadiśan
Translation
គាត់គួរតែស្នាក់នៅក្រោមជម្រក «ផុយស្រួយ»/មិនស្ថិតស្ថេរ ហើយបង្ហាញឲ្យគូប្រជែងម្នាក់ឃើញថា គូប្រជែងម្នាក់ទៀតជាអ្នក «ដកឫស» (បំផ្លាញ) គាត់។
Word by Word
कपालसंश्रयःone who lives under the pretext of being dependent on a ‘kapāla’ (skull-bowl) / a skull-bowl dependent ascetic (a covert agent type)
कपालसंश्रयः:
TypeNoun
Rootकपाल + संश्रय
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘कपालस्य संश्रयः’ = कपाल-आश्रितः/कपाल-आधारः (व्यक्ति/आश्रितः)
तिष्ठेत्should stay / should remain stationed
तिष्ठेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था
Formलोट् (विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘he should stay/stand’
मूलहरम्a ‘root-stealer’ (one who steals the principal/capital)
मूलहरम्:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootमूल + हृ
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘मूलं हरति’ = मूलहरः (मूलहरम् as object/target)
इतरस्यof another (person)
इतरस्य:
TypePronoun/Adjective (pronominal)
Rootइतर
Formषष्ठी-एकवचन; ‘of another (person)’
इतरम्the other (one)
इतरम्:
TypePronoun/Adjective (pronominal)
Rootइतर
Formद्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘the other (one)’
अपदिशन्while indicating/attributing (one as the other) / while pointing out
अपदिशन्:
TypeVerb (participial)
Rootअप + दिश्
Formवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), परस्मैपद; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘indicating/pointing out/assigning (as)’
Entities Mentioned
R
rival kings (implicit)T
the threatened king/agent (implicit)FAQs
To create fear and suspicion so the rivals redirect hostility toward each other, reducing pressure on the weaker actor.