Sutra 39

Devanagari script

निवेश्य पूर्वं तत्रान्यद्दण्डानुग्रहहेतुना ॥ कZ_०७.१८.३९च्द् ॥

Transliteration

niveśya pūrvaṃ tatrānyad daṇḍānugrahahetunā

Translation

पूर्वं तं तत्र निवेश्य, ततः दण्डानुग्रहयोः हेतुभूतैः अन्यान् उपायान् नियोजयेत्।

Word by Word

• निवेश्य: having appointed/placed (first)
• Type: Verb (absolutive/gerund)
• Root: नि-विश्
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-अर्थे), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्ग: नि-; अर्थ: ‘स्थापयित्वा/नियोज्य’

• पूर्वम्: first; beforehand
• Type: Adverb
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक

• तत्र: there; in that place/instance
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• अन्यत्: something else; another (measure/thing)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (प्रसङ्गानुसारं); ‘अन्यत् (किञ्चित्)’

• दण्ड: punishment; coercive authority (daṇḍa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• अनुग्रह: favor; support; leniency
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; (समासपूर्वपद)

• हेतुना: for the reason/purpose; as a means
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, तृतीया (करण/हेतौ)

Entities Mentioned

• installed client
• sovereign authority

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FAQs

What governance logic is expressed by 'daṇḍa and anugraha'?

Rule is stabilized by a dual mechanism: rewards to bind loyalty and punishments to deter deviation—applied after the subject is structurally positioned for control.