Sutra 16

Devanagari script

अन्येभ्यस्तद्विधेभ्यो वा भूमिदानैर्विश्वासयेदेनम् ॥ कZ_०९.३.१६ ॥

Transliteration

anyebhyas tad-vidhebhyo vā bhūmi-dānaiḥ viśvāsayed enam

Translation

သို့မဟုတ် မြေယာပေးအပ်ခြင်းဖြင့် (အလှူအတန်းဖြင့်) သူ၏ ယုံကြည်မှုကို ရယူရမည်—ထိုသဘောတူညီမှုမျိုးရှိသူ အခြားသူများအပေါ်လည်း အလားတူနည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• अन्येभ्यः: from others; than/among other (persons)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-बहुवचन (ablative plural)

• तद्विधेभ्यः: from those of the same kind; from similar (persons)
• Type: Adjective (taddhita-based)
• Root: तद्विध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-बहुवचन (ablative plural)

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

• भूमिदानैः: by grants of land; through land-donations
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिदान
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• विश्वासयेत्: he should cause (him) to trust; he should win his confidence
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√श्वस् (causative: विश्वासय-)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ्-रूप (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन; causative (णिच्)

• एनम्: him; this person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (enad-pronoun)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (accusative singular)

Entities Mentioned

• rival claimant/elite faction

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FAQs

What administrative tool is recommended here to stabilize loyalty?

Targeted land grants as patronage to convert potential rivals and their peer group into stakeholders of the regime.