Sutra 13

Devanagari script

व्यसनत्वरावमानालस्ययुक्तमज्ञं वा शत्रुमतिसंधातुकामो देशकालकार्याणामनवस्थापनात्संहितौ स्वः इति संधिविश्वासेन परच्छिद्रमासाद्य प्रहरेदित्यपरिपणितः ॥ कZ_०७.६.१३ ॥

Transliteration

vyasanatvarāvamānālasyayuktam ajñaṃ vā śatrum atisaṃdhātukāmo deśakālakāryāṇām anavasthāpanāt saṃhitau svaḥ iti saṃdhiviśvāsena paracchidram āsādya prahared iti aparipaṇitaḥ

Translation

व्यसनत्वरावमानालस्ययुक्तं अज्ञं वा शत्रुम् अतिसंधातुकामः, देशकालकार्याणाम् अनवस्थापनात् संहितौ ‘स्वः’ इति संधिविश्वासेन परच्छिद्रमासाद्य प्रहरेत—इति अपरिपणितः।

Word by Word

व्यसनत्वरा-अवमान-आलस्य-युक्तम्(an enemy) possessed of vice/addiction, haste, contempt (for others), and sloth

अज्ञम्ignorant, foolish

वाor

शत्रुम्enemy

अति-संधातु-कामःdesirous of making a treaty excessively

देश-काल-कार्याणाम्of place, time, and (required) action/objective

अनवस्थापनात्because of not properly fixing/settling (them), i.e., lack of proper determination

संहितौin the treaty/compact (state)

स्वःone’s own (side/self)

इतिthus (thinking)

संधि-विश्वासेनby trust in the treaty

पर-छिद्रम्the other’s weak point/vulnerability

आसाद्यhaving reached/found

प्रहरेत्should strike/attack

इतिthus

अपरिपणितःnot fully settled/secured (i.e., not properly concluded)

Entities Mentioned

śatru (enemy)

treaty (saṃdhi)

FAQs

How does ‘aparipaṇita’ differ from ‘paripaṇita’ in administrative terms?

Paripaṇita fixes enforceable variables (place–time–task); aparipaṇita keeps them unfixed to create maneuver space, induce complacency, and enable opportunistic action.