Sutra 20

Devanagari script

अधर्मस्य प्रसङ्गेन धर्मस्यावग्रहेण च ॥ कZ_०७.५.२०च्द् ॥

Transliteration

adharmasya prasaṅgena dharmasyāvagraheṇa ca ||

Translation

अधर्मस्य निरन्तरप्रसङ्गेन तथा धर्मस्यावग्रहेण च।

Word by Word

• अधर्मस्य: of adharma; of unrighteousness/illegality
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• प्रसङ्गेन: by (the) occasion/entanglement; by the arising context
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• धर्मस्य: of dharma; of law/righteousness
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (gen. sg.)

• अवग्रहेण: by obstruction/seizure; by wrongful appropriation/encroachment
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवग्रह
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया एकवचन (instr. sg.)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Entities Mentioned

• dharma
• adharma

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FAQs

How do 7.5.19–20 explain 7.5.17–18?

They supply causal mechanisms: misrule (humiliating the worthy, empowering the unworthy, arbitrary violence, suppressing the righteous, systemic illegality) dissolves constituent loyalty—so the unjust ruler is abandoned when attacked, while the just ruler retains support.