Sutra 22

Devanagari script

आशुतरा मे वृद्धिर्भूयस्तरा वृद्ध्युदयतरा वा भविष्यति विपरीता परस्य इति ज्ञात्वा परवृद्धिमुपेक्षेत ॥ कZ_०७.१.२२ ॥

Transliteration

āśutarā me vṛddhir bhūyastarā vṛddhyudayatarā vā bhaviṣyati viparītā parasya iti jñātvā paravṛddhim upekṣeta

Translation

आशुतरा मे वृद्धिः, भूयस्तरा, वृद्ध्युदयतरा वा भविष्यति; परस्य तु विपरीता इति ज्ञात्वा परवृद्धिम् उपेक्षेत्।

Word by Word

आशुतराswifter, more rapid

मेmy, of me

वृद्धिःincrease, growth (of power/resources)

भूयस्तराgreater, more

वृद्धि-उदयतराhaving a more pronounced rise of increase; more strongly increasing

वाor

भविष्यतिwill be, will become

विपरीताopposite, reversed (in outcome)

परस्यof the other (enemy/opponent)

इतिthus

ज्ञात्वाhaving known, after understanding

पर-वृद्धिम्the other’s (enemy’s) increase

उपेक्षेतshould disregard/overlook; should not interfere

Entities Mentioned

svāmin

para (opponent)

FAQs

What is the key metric for ‘upekṣā’ (ignoring) here?

Relative growth rate and payoff: if your growth is faster/greater/more productive and the opponent’s is trending oppositely, you need not respond anxiously to their gains.