Sutra 29

Devanagari script

तमन्यः सत्त्री प्रतिषेधयेत् इत्याम्भीयाः ॥ कZ_०१.१७.२९ ॥

Transliteration

tam anyaḥ sattrī pratiṣedhayet ity āmbhīyāḥ

Translation

മറ്റൊരു ‘സത്ത്രിൻ’ അവനെ (അത്തരം പ്രേരണയിൽ നിന്ന്) തടയണം/നിരോധിക്കണം—എന്നാണ് ആംഭീയരുടെ അഭിപ്രായം.

Word by Word

• तम्: him; that person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एकवचन; द्वितीया; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भे पुरुषः)

• अन्यः: another (person)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: प्रातिपदिक; एकवचन; प्रथमा; पुल्लिङ्ग

• सत्त्री: a decoy-agent / entrapper (operative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्तृ
• Form: प्रातिपदिक; एकवचन; प्रथमा; पुल्लिङ्ग (कर्तरि)

• प्रतिषेधयेत्: should forbid / should prevent
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिषिध्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; धातु: √प्रतिषिध् ‘to forbid, prevent’

• इति: thus; ‘so’ (quotative)
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: निपात; वाक्य-समाप्त्यर्थ/उद्धरण-चिह्न

• आम्भीयाः: the Āmbhīyas (a school of authorities)
• Type: Noun (proper/collective)
• Root: आम्भीय
• Form: प्रातिपदिक; बहुवचन; प्रथमा; पुल्लिङ्ग (मत-प्रवर्तक/आचार्य-समूहवाचक)

Entities Mentioned

• Ambhīyas (authority/school)
• sattrin

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FAQs

What mechanism do the Ambhīyas propose?

Peer restraint within the prince’s attendants: one insider counters another insider’s harmful influence.

What is a limitation of this approach (implied by later verses)?

If the prince is naïve, even ‘counter-influence’ can fail or become another form of manipulation; the core issue is the prince’s susceptibility.