Sutra 9
Devanagari script
एवमुत्साहवतो दण्डोपकारिणः स्थापयेत्स्वप्रभाववतः कोशोपकारिणः प्रज्ञावतो भूम्युपकारिणः ॥ कZ_०७.१६.०९ ॥
Transliteration
evam utsāhavato daṇḍopakāriṇaḥ sthāpayet svaprabhāvavataḥ kośopakāriṇaḥ prajñāvato bhūmyupakāriṇaḥ
Translation
एवं उत्साहवतां दण्ड-उपकारिणः स्थापयेत्; स्व-प्रभाववतां कोश-उपकारिणः; प्रज्ञावतां भूमि-उपकारिणः।
Word by Word
एवम्thus; in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
Formअव्यय; उपपद/प्रकारवाचक (‘thus, in this manner’)
उत्साहवतःof an energetic/enterprising (person)
उत्साहवतः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउत्साह
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन; ‘उत्साहवत्’ (possessive adj.)—‘of one who has energy/initiative’
दण्डpunishment; coercive power; governance
दण्ड:
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
Formपुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)
उपकारिणःhelpers; those who are beneficial
उपकारिणः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउपकारिन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘one who renders service/benefit’
स्थापयेत्he should appoint/establish
स्थापयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (स्थापयति)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; causative (णिच्) ‘he should appoint/establish’
स्वown
स्व:
TypePronoun/Indeclinable (prefixal)
Rootस्व
Formअव्यय/उपसर्गवत्; समासपूर्वपद ‘own’
प्रभाववतःof one who has influence/power
प्रभाववतः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्रभाव
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन; ‘प्रभाववत्’ (possessive adj.)—‘of one who has influence/power’
कोशtreasury
कोश:
TypeNoun
Rootकोश
Formपुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)
उपकारिणःhelpers; those beneficial
उपकारिणः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउपकारिन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘helpers/benefactors’
प्रज्ञावतःof a wise/intelligent (person)
प्रज्ञावतः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootप्रज्ञा
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन; ‘प्रज्ञावत्’ (possessive adj.)—‘of one who has wisdom/intelligence’
भूमिland; territory
भूमि:
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)
उपकारिणःhelpers; those beneficial
उपकारिणः:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootउपकारिन्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘helpers/benefactors’
Entities Mentioned
A
auxiliaries/allies/agents (implicit)FAQs
Match personnel/partners to the specific state function they can reliably strengthen—military, fiscal, or territorial.
It prevents misallocation (e.g., putting a merely influential person in a military-critical role) and improves accountability by function.