Abhiyasyatkarma Adhyaya 2 Sutra 11 - Arthashastra | Burmese | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 11

Devanagari script

अमित्रस्य वा बलकाले प्रत्युत्पन्ने शत्रुबलमवगृह्णीयात् अन्यत्र वा प्रेषयेत् अफलं वा कुर्यात् विक्षिप्तं वा वासयेत्काले वातिक्रान्ते विसृजेत् ॥ कZ_०९.२.११ ॥

Transliteration

amitrasya vā bala-kāle pratyutpanne śatru-balam avagṛhṇīyāt; anyatra vā preṣayet; aphalaṃ vā kuryāt; vikṣiptaṃ vā vāsayet; kāle vātikrānte visṛjet |

Translation

ရန်သူ၏ တပ်ဖွဲ့စုဆောင်းရမည့် အချိန်ရောက်လာသောအခါ ရန်သူတပ်ကို ဖမ်းဆီး/ထိန်းသိမ်းထားရမည်၊ သို့မဟုတ် အခြားနေရာသို့ ပို့ရမည်၊ သို့မဟုတ် အကျိုးမရှိအောင် လုပ်ရမည်၊ သို့မဟုတ် ပြန့်ကျဲစွာ တပ်ချထားရမည်။ အရေးကြီးသော အချိန်ကာလ ကျော်လွန်သွားလျှင် ထိုတပ်ကို လွှတ်ပေးရမည်။

Word by Word

अमित्रस्यof the enemy

वाor

बलकालेat the time of (his) military activity

प्रत्युत्पन्नेwhen it has arisen / when it has occurred

शत्रुबलम्the enemy force

अवगृह्णीयात्should restrain / should check

अन्यत्रelsewhere

वाor

प्रेषयेत्should send / should divert

अफलम्ineffective / fruitless

वाor

कुर्यात्should make / should render

विक्षिप्तम्dispersed / scattered

वाor

वासयेत्should make (it) stay / should keep (it) encamped

कालेat the proper time / in time

वाor

अतिक्रान्तेwhen (the time) has passed

विसृजेत्should release / should let go

Entities Mentioned

amitra (enemy)

śatru-bala (enemy forces)

FAQs

Why ‘release after the time has passed’?

The goal is not permanent custody but preventing effective concentration at the decisive moment; once the window closes, continued detention may be costly and politically counterproductive.