Sutra 6
Devanagari script
तेषु प्रशान्तेषु नान्याञ्शक्नुयुरुपजपितुमुपजपितारः ॥ कZ_०९.५.०६ ॥
Transliteration
teṣu praśānteṣu nānyāñ śaknuyur upajapitum upajapitāraḥ
Translation
तेषु प्रशान्तेषु उपजपितारः अन्यान् उपजपितुं न शक्नुः ।
Word by Word
तेषुamong them / in those (persons)
तेषु:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formसर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; सप्तमी बहुवचन; पुं/नपुं (सन्दर्भानुसार)
प्रशान्तेषुwhen (they) are pacified / in the pacified (state)
प्रशान्तेषु:
TypeParticiple (Verbal adjective)
Rootप्र-√शम् (शमुँ)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); ‘प्रशान्त’ (calmed, pacified); सप्तमी बहुवचन; पुं/नपुं
नnot
न:
TypeParticle (Negation)
Rootन
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
अन्यान्others
अन्यान्:
TypeAdjective/Pronoun
Rootअन्य
Formद्वितीया बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग
शक्नुयुःthey would be able / could
शक्नुयुः:
TypeVerb
Root√शक् (शकॢँ)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचन
उपजपितुम्to suborn / to secretly influence (by whispering, bribing, instigating)
उपजपितुम्:
TypeVerbal noun (Infinitive)
Rootउप-√जप्
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (infinitive)
उपजपितारःthe suborners / instigators (agents who suborn)
उपजपितारः:
TypeAgent noun
Rootउप-√जप्
Formतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक; प्रथमा बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग
Entities Mentioned
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upajapitāraḥ (instigators/suborners)FAQs
Kautilya treats subversion as networked; neutralizing ringleaders breaks recruitment and prevents spread to additional actors.
It implies being rendered quiet/ineffective—by appeasement, co-option, intimidation, or other means that stop further instigation.