Sutra 6

Devanagari script

मानुषं नयापनयौ दैवमयानयौ ॥ कZ_०६.२.०६ ॥

Transliteration

mānuṣaṃ nayāpanayau daivamayānayau

Translation

လူသားဆိုင်ရာအချက်များမှာ မှန်ကန်သောမူဝါဒနှင့် မှားယွင်းသောမူဝါဒ ဖြစ်သည်။ ကံကြမ္မာမှာ အခွင့်အလမ်းကောင်းနှင့် အခွင့်အလမ်းဆိုး ပါဝင်သည်။

Word by Word

• मानुषम्: human (factor/means)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (सन्दर्भे—‘मानुषम्’ इति दैवस्य विरोधेन ‘मानुषं (कारणम्/उपायः)’ अर्थे)

• नय: policy; right conduct; prudent management
• Type: Noun
• Root: नी (नयति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे ‘नयापनयौ’ इत्यस्य प्रथमाङ्गम्)

• अपनय: mismanagement; wrong policy; misconduct
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप + नी (अपनयति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे ‘नयापनयौ’ इत्यस्य द्वितीयाङ्गम्)

• नयापनयौ: (both) good policy and bad policy
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: नी (नयति) / अप+नी (अपनयति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्विवचन, प्रथमा; ‘नय’ + ‘अपनय’ इत्ययोः द्वन्द्वः

• दैवम्: fate; divine/fortuitous factor
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दैव
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (सन्दर्भे—‘दैवम्’ इति ‘दैव-कारणम्/भाग्यम्’)

• अयन: advance; favorable course/movement
• Type: Noun
• Root: इ (अयति)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे ‘अयानयौ’ इत्यस्य प्रथमाङ्गम्)

• अनयन: non-advance; adverse course/obstruction
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन् + नी (अनयति) / नय (as noun)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (समाहार-द्वन्द्वे ‘अयानयौ’ इत्यस्य द्वितीयाङ्गम्)

• अयानयौ: (both) favorable course and unfavorable course (of fate)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: इ (अयति) / अन्+नी (अनयति)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्विवचन, प्रथमा; ‘अयन’ + ‘अनयन’ इत्ययोः द्वन्द्वः

Entities Mentioned

• naya
• apanaya
• daiva
• ānaya
• anānaya

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FAQs

What distinction is Kautilya making for administrators?

Separate what is controllable (policy quality) from what is uncontrollable (chance), so responsibility is assigned correctly and planning becomes realistic.