Sutra 21

Devanagari script

व्यसनाभियानं विगृह्ययाने व्याख्यातम् ॥ कZ_०९.१.४१ ॥

Transliteration

vyasanābhiyānaṃ vigṛhyayāne vyākhyātam

Translation

ຫຼັກການວ່າດ້ວຍ «ການອອກທັບໃນ/ຕໍ່ຕ້ານຄວາມວິບັດ (vyasana)» ໄດ້ຖືກອະທິບາຍແລ້ວ ພາຍໃຕ້ຫົວຂໍ້ «ການເຄື່ອນທັບໄປສົງຄາມ (vigṛhya-yāna)».

Word by Word

• व्यसन-अभियानम्: an expedition/march undertaken due to calamity or vice (i.e., a distress-driven/ill-considered campaign)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन; अभियाण/अभि-या
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘व्यसनस्य अभियाणम्’ (व्यसन-सम्बन्धि अभियानम्)

• विगृह्य-याने: in the context of a march/expedition after declaring hostility (i.e., a war-march)
• Type: Noun (locative compound)
• Root: वि-ग्रह्; यान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘विगृह्ययाने’ = ‘विगृह्य-याने’ (विगृह्य इति कृदन्त-विशेषणेन यानम्)

• व्याख्यातम्: has been explained (earlier)
• Type: Verb (past passive participle used predicatively)
• Root: वि-आ-ख्या
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः—“has been explained/defined”

Entities Mentioned

• vyasana
• vigṛhya-yāna

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FAQs

What is the administrative intent of this sūtra?

It links ‘calamity-based campaigning’ to the broader war-march doctrine, implying it is not a separate policy but a situational application within standard war planning.