Sutra 2

Devanagari script

तदुभयमासुरी वृत्तिः ॥ कZ_०९.७.०२ ॥

Transliteration

tad ubhayam āsurī vṛttiḥ

Translation

ਇਹ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ‘ਆਸੁਰੀ’ ਵ੍ਰਿੱਤੀ (ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ਕਾਰੀ ਆਚਰਨ) ਬਣਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma-prātipadika; napuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā/vitīyā ekavacana; deictic/anaphoric ‘that’

• उभयम्: both (together)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: उभय
• Form: napuṃsaka-liṅga; prathamā/vitīyā ekavacana; ‘both (things)’

• आसुरी: āsurī; demonic/harsh/unscrupulous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसुर
• Form: strī-liṅga; prathamā ekavacana; agrees with वृत्तिः

• वृत्तिः: conduct; practice; mode (of action)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत् (वर्तने) → वृत्ति (kṛt)
• Form: strī-liṅga; prathamā ekavacana; ‘mode of conduct/means of livelihood/practice’

Entities Mentioned

• āsurī vṛtti (destructive conduct)

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FAQs

Why label this conduct 'āsurī' in a political treatise?

It is a diagnostic category: behavior that predictably produces disorder by antagonizing the state’s base and isolating it externally.