Sutra 29

Devanagari script

यथा च योगपुरुषैरन्यान् राजाधितिष्ठति ॥ कZ_०१.२१.२९अब् ॥

Transliteration

yathā ca yogapuruṣair anyān rājādhitiṣṭhati

Translation

ਜਿਵੇਂ ਰਾਜਾ ਯੋਗਪੁਰੁਸ਼ਾਂ (ਗੁਪਤ ਏਜੰਟਾਂ) ਰਾਹੀਂ ਹੋਰਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਕਾਬੂ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ, ਤਿਵੇਂ ਹੀ (ਆਪਣੀ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਵੀ) ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦਾ ਨਿਯੰਤਰਣ ਯਕੀਨੀ ਬਣਾਵੇ।

Word by Word

• यथा: just as; in the manner that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (यथा = ‘as, just as’)

• च: and; also
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and/also)

• योगपुरुषैः: by/with task-assigned men (operatives/agents)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-बहुवचन; ‘योग-पुरुष’ (योगेन नियुक्ताः/युक्ताः पुरुषाः)

• अन्यान्: others (other people)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-बहुवचन; ‘others’ (object)

• राजा: the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; कर्तृ

• अधितिष्ठति: governs; rules; presides over
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-स्था
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष-एकवचन; ‘अधितिष्ठति’ = rules/governs/oversees

Entities Mentioned

• king
• yogapuruṣas (covert agents)

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Who are ‘yogapuruṣas’ in Kauṭilya’s administrative vocabulary?

Operatives tasked with covert observation and intervention—an intelligence instrument used to maintain order and preempt threats.