Sutra 19

Devanagari script

यदा वा पश्येत् न शक्यमेकेन यातुमवश्यं च यातव्यमिति तदा समहीनज्यायोभिः सामवायिकैः सम्भूय यायादेकत्र निर्दिष्टेनांशेन अनेकत्रानिर्दिष्टेनांशेन ॥ कZ_०७.४.१९ ॥

Transliteration

yadā vā paśyet na śakyam ekena yātum avaśyaṃ ca yātavyam iti tadā samahīnajyāyobhiḥ sāmavāyikaiḥ sambhūya yāyād ekatra nirdiṣṭenāṃśena anekatra anirdiṣṭenāṃśena

Translation

किंवा जेव्हा त्याला दिसेल की एकट्याने कूच करणे शक्य नाही, पण कूच करणे आवश्यक आहे, तेव्हा तो समान, कमी किंवा अधिक सामर्थ्याच्या सहकारी/संघीयांबरोबर एकत्र कूच करावा—एकाच ठिकाण/उद्दिष्टासाठी ठरावीक हिस्सा निश्चित करून, किंवा अनेक ठिकाण/उद्दिष्टांमध्ये अनिश्चित हिस्सा ठेवून।

Word by Word

यदाwhen

वाor / alternatively

पश्येत्should see / should find (that)

नnot

शक्यम्possible

एकेनby one (person/force)

यातुम्to go / to proceed

अवश्यम्necessarily / inevitably

चand

यातव्यम्must be gone / must proceed

इतिthus

तदाthen

समहीनज्यायोभिःtogether with (persons/forces) equal, inferior, and superior (to oneself)

सामवायिकैःwith allied/associated (partners)

सम्भूयhaving assembled / having united

यायात्should go / should proceed

एकत्रin one place / at one point

निर्दिष्टेनwith a specified (share/portion)

अंशेनby/with a share (portion)

अनेकत्रin many places / at multiple points

अनिर्दिष्टेनwith an unspecified (share/portion)

अंशेनby/with a share (portion)

Entities Mentioned

confederates (sāmavāyika)

FAQs

What is the governance takeaway of 7.4.19 for coalition-building?

If strategic necessity exceeds solo capacity, form a coalition and pre-structure contribution/benefit rules—either fixed for a single objective or flexible for multiple objectives.