Sutra 30
Devanagari script
सकृदेव न द्विः प्रयोज्यः ॥ कZ_०५.२.३० ॥
Transliteration
sakṛdeva na dviḥ prayojyaḥ
Translation
ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਕੇਵਲ ਇੱਕ ਵਾਰ ਹੀ ਵਰਤਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ, ਦੂਜੀ ਵਾਰ ਨਹੀਂ।
Word by Word
सकृत्once; only once
सकृत्:
TypeAvyaya
Rootसकृत् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; अर्थे—एकवारम् (once)
एवindeed; only; just
एव:
TypeParticle
Rootएव (निपात)
Formनिपात/अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic/restrictive)
नnot
न:
TypeParticle
Rootन (निषेध-निपात)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
द्विःtwice
द्विः:
TypeAvyaya
Rootद्विः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; अर्थे—द्विवारम् (twice)
प्रयोज्यःshould be employed/applied; is to be used
प्रयोज्यः:
TypeVerb (Participle)
Rootप्र-युज् (युजँ)
Formकृदन्त (यत्-प्रत्यय, भविष्यत्/विधेय-भाव): प्रयोज्य; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मणि/भावे—‘to be employed/appointed/applied’
FAQs
Extraordinary extractions lose effectiveness if repeated: targets adapt, legitimacy erodes, and the state’s credibility and intelligence methods are exposed.