Sutra 3

Devanagari script

यो वा लाभः सिद्धः शेषयोरन्यतरं साधयति ॥ कZ_०७.९.०३ ॥

Transliteration

yo vā lābhaḥ siddhaḥ śeṣayor anyataraṃ sādhayati

Translation

ਜੋ ਲਾਭ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਸਿੱਧ (ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ) ਹੋ ਚੁੱਕਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਸ ਨਾਲ ਬਾਕੀ ਰਹਿ ਗਏ ਦੋ ਉਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਇੱਕ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਧਿਆ ਜਾ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यः: who/which (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive)

• लाभः: gain, profit, acquisition
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• सिद्धः: accomplished, obtained, secured
• Type: Adjective (PPP)
• Root: सिद्ध
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; ‘लाभः’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शेषयोः: of the remaining two (alternatives)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचन (contextually: ‘of the remaining two’)

• अन्यतरम्: either one (of the two), one of the two
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: अन्यतर
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘one of the two’

• साधयति: accomplishes, secures, brings about
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध्
• Form: लट्; परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; causative sense in usage: ‘brings about/achieves’

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FAQs

What administrative logic is implied by 'a secured gain accomplishes one of the remaining objectives'?

Kauṭilya treats gains as instruments: once a benefit is locked in, it should be leveraged to obtain the next priority outcome rather than left idle.