Sutra 40

Devanagari script

उच्छेद्यः पीडनीयो वा बलवानपि जायते ॥ कZ_०६.२.४०च्द् ॥

Transliteration

ucchedyaḥ pīḍanīyo vā balavān api jāyate

Translation

ထို့ကြောင့် သူသည် အင်အားကြီးလာသော်လည်း ဖျက်သိမ်းပစ်သင့်သည်၊ သို့မဟုတ် အနည်းဆုံး ဖိနှိပ်နှောင့်ယှက်၍ အားလျော့စေသင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• उच्छेद्यः: to be eliminated / to be cut off
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: उत्-छिद्
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to be cut off/removed)

• पीडनीयः: to be oppressed / to be pressured
• Type: Participle (Verbal adjective)
• Root: पीड्
• Form: कृदन्त (अनीयर्-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (to be oppressed/pressed)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्ययम् (either/or)

• बलवान्: powerful / strong
• Type: Noun (adjectival)
• Root: बल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; बलवत्-प्रातिपदिक (मतुप्/वतुप्-प्रत्यय), विशेषणम्

• अपि: even / although
• Type: Particle
• Root: अपि
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक अव्ययम्; here concessive ‘even’

• जायते: becomes / comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: जन् (to be born/come to be)

Entities Mentioned

• śatru (implied enemy)

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FAQs

Is Kautilya prescribing total war here?

Not necessarily; he gives a menu: either uproot (if feasible and necessary) or keep the adversary strategically suppressed through sustained pressure so he cannot mature into a decisive threat.