Sutra 43

Devanagari script

तानेकैकशः पृच्छेत्समस्तांश्च ॥ कZ_०१.१५.४३ ॥

Transliteration

tānekaikaśaḥ pṛcchetsamastāṃśca

Translation

သူသည် သူတို့ကို တစ်ဦးချင်းစီ သီးသန့် မေးမြန်းသင့်ပြီး အားလုံးကိုလည်း စုပေါင်း၍ မေးမြန်းသင့်သည်။

Word by Word

• तान्: them (those persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• एकैकशः: one by one; individually
• Type: Indeclinable (Adverb)
• Root: एक + एक
• Form: अव्यय; ‘शस्’ (शः) प्रत्ययान्त; अर्थे—क्रमेण/पृथक् पृथक्

• पृच्छेत्: should ask; should question
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; धातु—प्रच्छ् (पृच्छ-आदेश)

• समस्तान्: all together; the whole group
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: समस्त
• Form: विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; ‘समस्त’ = सर्वे/समुदिताः

• च: and; also
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Entities Mentioned

• king
• advisers/ministers

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FAQs

Why combine individual and collective questioning?

Individual questioning reduces collusion and reveals independent judgment; collective discussion tests arguments under scrutiny and exposes inconsistencies.