Sutra 14

Devanagari script

सर्वोपधाशुद्धान्मन्त्रिणः कुर्यात् ॥ कZ_०१.१०.१४ ॥

Transliteration

sarvopadhāśuddhān mantriṇaḥ kuryāt.

Translation

သူသည် စမ်းသပ်မှုအားလုံး၌ သန့်ရှင်းသူများကိုသာ အမတ်အဖြစ် ခန့်ထားရမည်။

Word by Word

• सर्वोपधाशुद्धान्: ministers proven pure by all secret tests
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; विशेषणम्; (मन्त्रिणः इति पदस्य विशेषणम्) । समास-विग्रहः: सर्व-उपधा-शुद्धान् = सर्वाभिः उपधाभिः शुद्धान् (उपधापरीक्षायां शुद्धान्)

• मन्त्रिणः: ministers, counsellors
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; कर्मपदम् (कुर्यात् इत्यस्य)

• कुर्यात्: should appoint / should make (as ministers)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: लोट् (विधिलिङ्/आज्ञार्थे); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः; एकवचनम्; विध्यर्थः—‘करोतु/नियोजयेत्’ (राजा/स्वामी इति कर्तृग्रहणम्)

Entities Mentioned

• mantrin
• rājā (implied)

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FAQs

Why require ‘all-tests cleared’ for mantrins?

Councillors influence sovereign decisions; multi-dimensional integrity reduces capture by money, pleasure, fear, or pseudo-morality and lowers coup/corruption risk.