Sutra 24

Devanagari script

अमानुषेष्वपि चैतद्दृश्यते ॥ कZ_०१.८.१८ ॥

Transliteration

amānuṣeṣv api caitad dṛśyate

Translation

ဤအရာကို လူမဟုတ်သော သတ္တဝါများအကြားတွင်ပင် တွေ့မြင်ရသည်။

Word by Word

• अमानुषेषु: even among non-human beings
• Type: Noun (Adjective used substantively)
• Root: अमानुष
• Form: सप्तमी-बहुवचनम् (locative plural), पुंलिङ्गे (प्रायः)

• अपि: even; also
• Type: Particle
• Root: अपि
• Form: निपातः; समुच्चय/अपेक्षा/अतिशयार्थे (here: ‘even/also’)

• च: and; also
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (‘and/also’)

• एतत्: this (fact/thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम् (contextually object: ‘this’)

• दृश्यते: is seen; is observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive); आत्मनेपदम्

Entities Mentioned

• animals (generic)

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FAQs

Why does the text invoke non-human examples?

To frame loyalty-by-affinity as a broadly observable behavioral pattern, strengthening the argument by analogy.