Sutra 53

Devanagari script

स्वे परे वा जने कार्यं देशकालाग्रवर्णतः ॥ कZ_०३.१२.५३च्द् ॥

Transliteration

sve pare vā jane kāryaṃ deśakālāgra-varṇataḥ

Translation

ਆਪਣਿਆਂ ਜਾਂ ਬਾਹਰਲਿਆਂ ਵਿਰੁੱਧ—ਥਾਂ, ਸਮਾਂ, ਤਰਜੀਹ/ਕ੍ਰਮ, ਅਤੇ (ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਲਈ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਗਿਕ) ਸਮਾਜਿਕ ਵਰਗੀਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ—ਕਾਰਵਾਈ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• स्वे: in one’s own (people/side)
• Type: Pronoun (pronominal adjective)
• Root: स्व
• Form: सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे प्रायः; विशेषणरूपेण

• परे: in the other’s / in the enemy’s (side)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative singular), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे; ‘स्वे’ इत्यस्य समुच्चयः

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• जने: among the people / in the populace
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative singular), पुंलिङ्गः; अधिकरणम्

• कार्यम्: (it) should be done / a measure is to be undertaken
• Type: Verbal noun (gerundive sense)
• Root: कृ
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गम्; ‘कर्तव्यम्’ अर्थे (to be done)

• देशकालाग्रवर्णतः: according to place, time, precedence (priority), and category/class
• Type: Adverb (ablatival)
• Root: तस् (ततः)
• Form: समासः: देश-काल-अग्र-वर्ण + तः; ‘-तः’ अव्ययीभाव/तद्धित-प्रायः, पञ्चमी-अर्थे ‘according to/from the standpoint of’

Entities Mentioned

• insiders
• outsiders
• state authority

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FAQs

What is the governance intent of mentioning ‘own people or others’?

To assert non-partisan enforcement: the state must act irrespective of affiliation, while adapting procedure to context (place/time/priority and applicable social rules).