Sutra 50

Devanagari script

मुण्डजटिलानां प्रवासनान्यनुप्रविष्टो वा रात्रौ तद्व्यञ्जनः प्रतिष्ठेत विरूपव्याधिकरणारण्यचरच्छद्मनामन्यतमेन वा ॥ कZ_०७.१७.५० ॥

Transliteration

muṇḍajaṭilānāṃ pravāsanāny anupraviṣṭo vā rātrau tadvyañjanaḥ pratiṣṭheta virūpa-vyādhi-karaṇa-āraṇyacara-chadmanāmānyatamena vā

Translation

അല്ലെങ്കിൽ, മുണ്ഡിത ഭിക്ഷുക്കളുടെയും ജടാധാരികളായ തപസ്വികളുടെയും യാത്രാസംഘങ്ങളിൽ കയറിച്ചേർന്ന്, രാത്രിയിൽ അതേ വേഷത്തിൽ തന്നെ പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെടുകയോ താമസിക്കുകയോ വേണം; അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഇവയിൽ ഏതെങ്കിലും ഒരുരൂപത്തിൽ—വികൃതരൂപനായവൻ, രോഗം നടിക്കുന്നവൻ, വനചരൻ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വ്യാജനാമത്തിൽ.

Word by Word

• मुण्डजटिलानाम्: of the shaven-headed and the matted-haired (ascetic types)
• Type: Noun (compound adjective used substantively)
• Root: मुण्ड; जटिल
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural); masculine (used for persons)

• प्रवासनानि: exiles / banishments
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-√वस्
• Form: द्वितीया-बहुवचनम् (accusative plural); neuter; action-noun ‘exile/banishment’

• अनुप्रविष्टः: having entered (infiltrated)
• Type: Verb (past passive participle used adjectivally)
• Root: अनु-प्र-√विश्
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; masculine; ‘having entered/followed and entered’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive ‘or’)

• रात्रौ: at night
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (locative singular); feminine

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (accusative singular); neuter; deictic ‘that’

• व्यञ्जनः: the identifying sign / signal
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यञ्जन
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nominative singular); masculine

• प्रतिष्ठेत: should station himself / should take position
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√स्था
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुषः एकवचनम्; ‘should station/should take position’

• विरूपव्याधिकरणारण्यचरच्छद्मनाम: (in the guise of) a deformed person, a sick person, an operative/artisan, a forest-dweller, or under an assumed name
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: विरूप; व्याधि; करण; अरण्यचर; छद्मन्; नामन्
• Form: प्रथमा/तृतीया-एकवचनम्? (see note); neuter as a collective compound; here governed by ‘अन्यतमेन’ → treated as one item among alternatives

• अन्यतमेन: by/with one of these (alternatives)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (indefinite)
• Root: अन्यतम
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम् (instrumental singular); masculine/neuter; ‘by/with one of (these)’

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय

Entities Mentioned

• ascetics (muṇḍa, jaṭilin)
• itinerant groups
• forest-dwellers

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FAQs

Why are ascetic/exile groups useful for evasion?

They are mobile, socially ambiguous, and often travel without fixed documentation—ideal for blending and crossing jurisdictions.

What is the strategic value of a ‘false name’ in this list?

It enables administrative evasion—defeating record-based pursuit, informants, and checkpoint questioning.