Sutra 26
Devanagari script
पीडनीयोच्छेदनीययोरुच्छेदनीयाद्भूमिलाभः श्रेयान् ॥ कZ_०७.१०.२६ ॥
Transliteration
pīḍanīyocchedanīyayor ucchedanīyād bhūmilābhaḥ śreyān
Translation
နှောင့်ယှက်ရုံသာလုပ်နိုင်သောရန်သူနှင့် ဖျက်သိမ်းနိုင်သောရန်သူတို့အနက် မြေယာရယူခြင်းသည် ဖျက်သိမ်းနိုင်သောရန်သူထံမှ ရယူခြင်းက ပိုကောင်းသည်။
Word by Word
पीडनीय(one) to be harassed/pressed (i.e., a target fit for coercion)
पीडनीय:
TypeAdjective (verbal derivative)
Rootपीड्
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्विवचनम्, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (योर्-सम्बन्धेन षष्ठी-द्विवचनार्थे प्रयुक्तम्) ; कृदन्त-विशेषणम् (तव्य/अनीयर्-अर्थः: ‘पीडयितव्य/पीडनीय’ = to be harassed/pressed)
उच्छेदनीययोःof the two (categories) ‘to be extirpated’
उच्छेदनीययोः:
TypeAdjective (verbal derivative)
Rootछिद् (उद्-√छिद्)
Formषष्ठी-द्विवचनम्, पुं/नपुंसक (विशेष्यापेक्षया) ; कृदन्त-विशेषणम् (अनीयर्: ‘उच्छेदनीय’ = to be extirpated/annihilated)
उच्छेदनीयात्from/than the ‘to-be-extirpated’ option/category
उच्छेदनीयात्:
TypeAdjective (verbal derivative)
Rootछिद् (उद्-√छिद्)
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (अपादान/तुलनार्थे) ; ‘उच्छेदनीय’ (to be extirpated)
भूमि-लाभःacquisition of land/territory
भूमि-लाभः:
TypeNoun
Rootलभ्
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् ; ‘भूमेः लाभः’
श्रेयान्is better/preferable
श्रेयान्:
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootश्रि (श्रयते) / श्रेयस् (comparative stem)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् ; ‘श्रेष्ठतरः/वरतरः’
Entities Mentioned
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amitra (enemy, implied)FAQs
Because elimination enables durable annexation; harassment tends to yield temporary advantage without stable consolidation.