Sutra 52

Devanagari script

सर्वद्रव्यप्रयोजकत्वात्कोशव्यसनं गरीय इति ॥ कZ_०८.१.५२ ॥

Transliteration

sarvadravyaprayojakatvāt kośavyasanaṃ garīya iti

Translation

ဘဏ္ဍာတိုက်သည် အရင်းအမြစ်အားလုံးကို လှုပ်ရှားစေသော အခြေခံကိရိယာဖြစ်သောကြောင့် ဘဏ္ဍာတိုက်အပေါ် ကျရောက်သော ဘေးအန္တရာယ်သည် ပိုမိုပြင်းထန်သည်။

Word by Word

• सर्वद्रव्यप्रयोजकत्वात्: because (the treasury) has the capacity to set all resources/wealth in motion (i.e., to finance and activate everything)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजकत्व (प्रयोजक < √युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-भाववाचक-प्रत्ययान्त (त्व); पञ्चमी एकवचन (हेतौ) — ‘...त्वात्’

• कोशव्यसनम्: the calamity/distress of the treasury
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन

• गरीयः: more serious / graver
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु (तुलनात्मक: गरीयस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative)

• इति: thus (it is said/concluded)
• Type: Particle/Quotative
• Root: इति
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-सूचक

Entities Mentioned

• kośa
• vyasana

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FAQs

Why is treasury-distress ranked as especially grave?

Without funds, the state cannot deploy any other instrument—administration, army, diplomacy, relief, or procurement.

What does this suggest about emergency governance?

Stabilize revenue and liquidity first (collection, credit, reserves), then address other failures.