Sutra 43
Devanagari script
दण्डाभावे च ध्रुवः कोशविनाशः ॥ कZ_०८.१.४३ ॥
Transliteration
daṇḍābhāve ca dhruvaḥ kośavināśaḥ.
Translation
ਅਤੇ ਦੰਡ-ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਅਭਾਵ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੋਸ਼ ਦਾ ਨਾਸ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੈ।
Word by Word
दण्डाभावेin the absence of punishment (state coercive authority)
दण्डाभावे:
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड + अभाव
Formपुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (अभाव-शब्दः); ‘दण्डस्य अभावे’ इति अर्थे सप्तमी-सम्बन्धः
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
ध्रुवःcertain; inevitable
ध्रुवः:
TypeAdjective
Rootध्रुव
Formपुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा; विशेषणम् (कोशविनाशस्य)
कोशविनाशःdestruction of the treasury (ruin of state finances)
कोशविनाशः:
TypeNoun
Rootकोश + विनाश
Formपुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा; ‘कोशस्य विनाशः’
Entities Mentioned
K
kośa (treasury)D
daṇḍa (coercive power)FAQs
Revenue collection and safeguarding require enforcement; without coercive capacity, assets are looted, taxes fail, and fiscal order collapses.