Sutra 36

Devanagari script

देशं परिहरेद् राजा व्ययक्रीडाश्च वारयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.०१.३६च्द् ॥

Transliteration

deśaṃ parihared rājā vyayakrīḍāś ca vārayet

Translation

—ဘုရင်သည် ထိုကဲ့သို့သော ဒေသကို ရှောင်ကြဉ်သင့်ပြီး အလဟသုံးစွဲမှုများနှင့် ပျော်ပွဲစားကစားခြင်းမျိုးကိုလည်း တားဆီးသင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• देशम्: territory/region (a tract of the kingdom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन

• परिहरेत्: should avoid/abandon (should keep away from)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-हृ
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

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

• व्ययक्रीडाः: wasteful amusements/expense-inducing sports and pastimes
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्ययक्रीडा
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन; समास: व्ययस्य क्रीडा (व्यय-प्रधान क्रीडाः)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• वारयेत्: should restrain/prevent
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense)

Entities Mentioned

• king
• territory (deśa)

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What is the political-science principle implied?

State capacity is finite: avoid overextension into high-cost, low-return zones and cut elite consumption during stress.