Sutra 28

Devanagari script

तेन प्रदेशेन राजा शुल्काध्यक्षस्य सार्थप्रमाणमुपदिशेत्सर्वज्ञख्यापनार्थम् ॥ कZ_०२.२१.२८ ॥

Transliteration

tena pradeśena rājā śulkādhyakṣasya sārthapramāṇam upadiśet sarvajñakhyāpanārtham

Translation

അതേ വഴിയിലൂടെ രാജാവ് ചുങ്കാധ്യക്ഷനോട് കാരവാൻ/സാർത്ഥത്തിന്റെ വിവരങ്ങൾ അറിയിക്കണം; രാജാവ് എല്ലാം അറിയുന്നവനാണെന്ന് വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നതിനായി.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; with that (means/method)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तृतीया-एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (instrumental singular: 'by/with that')

• प्रदेशेन: by a region/spot; by a particular place/instance
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदेश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचन

• राजा: the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तृ

• शुल्काध्यक्षस्य: of the superintendent of customs/tolls
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुल्काध्यक्ष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन

• सार्थप्रमाणम्: the standard/authoritative measure regarding caravans (or merchants)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्थप्रमाण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; कर्म (object of उपदिशेत्)

• उपदिशेत्: should instruct; should prescribe
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√दिश्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• सर्वज्ञख्यापनार्थम्: for the purpose of proclaiming (his) omniscience
• Type: Noun (indeclinable accusative used adverbially)
• Root: सर्वज्ञख्यापनार्थ
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

Entities Mentioned

• king
• śulkādhyakṣa

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FAQs

What political technique is ‘sarvajñakhyāpana’ here?

A deterrence signal: by demonstrating superior information, the ruler reduces incentives for smuggling and for official corruption.