Sutra 31

Devanagari script

नैतद्विभाषितमिति कौटिल्यः ॥ कZ_०७.१.३१ ॥

Transliteration

naitad vibhāṣitam iti kauṭilyaḥ

Translation

नैतद् विभाषितम्—इति कौटिल्यः।

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually: ‘this’ as subject/predicate)

• द्विभाषितम्: (something) stated in two ways; ambiguous/equivocal
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: द्वि + भाषित (√भाष्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; ‘द्वि-’ उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वपद (twofold)

• इति: thus; ‘(saying) that’
• Type: Particle/Quotative
• Root: इति
• Form: उक्त्यन्त-निपात; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न

• कौटिल्यः: Kauṭilya (says)
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: कौटिल्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा; कर्तृ/वक्ता (authorial attribution)

Entities Mentioned

• Kautilya

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Why does Kautilya reject the teachers’ rule?

He treats the choice between neutrality and treaty as context-dependent; equal timing alone is insufficient for decision.