Sutra 29

Devanagari script

यथा च योगपुरुषैरन्यान् राजाधितिष्ठति ॥ कZ_०१.२१.२९अब् ॥

Transliteration

yathā ca yogapuruṣair anyān rājādhitiṣṭhati

Translation

आणि जसा राजा गुप्तचर (योगपुरुष) यांच्या द्वारे इतरांना नियंत्रणात ठेवतो, तसाच (स्वतःच्या सुरक्षेसाठीही) तद्वत नियंत्रण ठेवावे।

Word by Word

• यथा: just as; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (यथा = ‘as, just as’)

• च: and; also
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and/also)

• योगपुरुषैः: by/with task-assigned men (operatives/agents)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; ‘योग-पुरुष’ (योगेन नियुक्ताः/युक्ताः पुरुषाः)

• अन्यान्: others (other people)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; ‘others’ (object)

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

• अधितिष्ठति: governs; rules; presides over
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन; ‘अधितिष्ठति’ = rules/governs/oversees

Entities Mentioned

• king
• yogapuruṣas (covert agents)

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FAQs

Who are ‘yogapuruṣas’ in Kauṭilya’s administrative vocabulary?

Operatives tasked with covert observation and intervention—an intelligence instrument used to maintain order and preempt threats.