Sutra 9
Devanagari script
यदि वा मन्येत प्रवर्षोष्णशीतमतिव्याधिप्रायमुपक्षीणाहारोपभोगं सैन्यव्यायामानां चाउपरोधिकं कार्यसाधनानामूनमतिरिक्तं वा कालं परश्चेष्टिष्यते विपरीतमहमित्येतस्मिन्विशेषे परिपणितकालं संधिमुपेयात् ॥ कZ_०७.६.०९ ॥
Transliteration
yadi vā manyeta pravarṣoṣṇaśītam ativyādhiprāyam upakṣīṇāhāropabhogaṃ sainyavyāyāmānāṃ cāuparodhikaṃ kāryasādhanānām ūnam atiriktaṃ vā kālaṃ paraś ceṣṭiṣyate viparītam aham ity etasmin viśeṣe paripaṇitakālaṃ saṃdhim upeyāt
Translation
अथवा यदि मन्येत—परः प्रवर्ष‑उष्ण‑शीतातिवेलायां, अतिव्याधिप्राये काले, उपक्षीणाहारोपभोगे, सैन्यव्यायामानां च औपरोधिके काले कार्यसाधनानाम् ऊनम् अतिरिक्तं वा कालं चेष्टिष्यते; अहं तु विपरीते (अनुकूलकाले) चेष्टिष्ये—इति; तस्मिन् विशेषे परिपणितकालेन संधिं उपेयात्।
Word by Word
यदिif
यदि:
TypeParticle
Rootयद्
Formconditional particle (nipāta)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formdisjunctive particle
मन्येतshould think / should consider
मन्येत:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
Form3rd person singular, optative (vidhi-liṅ), ātmanepada, parasmaipada? (class 4/10 usage: man- ‘to think’), present-system; ‘he should think/consider’
प्रवर्षrainy season
प्रवर्ष:
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्
Formstem: प्रवर्ष-; in compound; denotes rainy season
उष्णheat / hot season
उष्ण:
TypeAdjective
Rootउष्ण
Formstem: उष्ण-; in compound; ‘hot (season/condition)’
शीतcold / cold season
शीत:
TypeAdjective
Rootशीत
Formstem: शीत-; in compound; ‘cold (season/condition)’
अतिexcessive / very much
अति:
TypePrefix/Particle
Rootअति
Formupasarga/avyaya used as intensifier in compound
व्याधिdisease
व्याधि:
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि
Formstem: व्याधि-; in compound
प्रायम्mostly / predominantly
प्रायम्:
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootप्राय
Formaccusative singular neuter (as adverbial: ‘mostly/for the most part’); in compound
उपक्षीणdepleted / reduced
उपक्षीण:
TypeParticiple
Rootक्षि (क्षीयते) + उप
Formpast passive participle (kṛdanta), ‘diminished/waned’; in compound
आहारfood / provisions
आहार:
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
Formstem: आहार-; in dvandva compound
उपभोगम्enjoyment / consumption / use (of comforts)
उपभोगम्:
TypeNoun
Rootउपभोग
Formaccusative singular masculine; member of dvandva ‘āhāra-upabhoga’
सैन्यarmy / military
सैन्य:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसैन्य
Formstem: सैन्य-; ‘of the army’; in compound
व्यायामानाम्of exercises / drills
व्यायामानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यायाम
Formgenitive plural masculine; ‘of (military) exercises/drills’
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formconjunction
औपरोधिकम्obstructive / causing hindrance
औपरोधिकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउपरोध
Formaccusative singular neuter; derived adjective (taddhita) meaning ‘causing obstruction/impediment; obstructive’
कार्यtask / undertaking
कार्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकृ
Formstem: कार्य-; ‘task/operation’; in compound
साधनानाम्of means / resources / instruments
साधनानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसाधन
Formgenitive plural neuter; ‘of means/instruments (for accomplishing tasks)’
ऊनम्insufficient / less (than needed)
ऊनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootऊन
Formaccusative singular neuter; predicative with कालम् (understood/coming)
अतिरिक्तम्excess / more (than needed)
अतिरिक्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिरिक्त
Formaccusative singular neuter; predicative with कालम् (understood/coming)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formdisjunctive particle
कालम्time / season / period
कालम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formaccusative singular masculine; object of ‘pariccheṣṭiṣyate’ (will strive for) / related to ‘paripaṇita-kāla’
परःthe other (party) / the enemy
परः:
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootपर
Formnominative singular masculine; subject ‘the other (party/enemy)’
चेष्टिष्यतेwill act / will make efforts / will attempt
चेष्टिष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootचेष्ट् (चेष्टते)
Form3rd person singular, simple future (luṭ), ātmanepada
विपरीतम्the opposite / contrary (to this)
विपरीतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत
Formaccusative singular neuter; predicative/object complement (what is contrary)
अहम्I
अहम्:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formnominative singular; ‘I’ (i.e., ‘I will…’) in quoted thought
इतिthus
इति:
TypeParticle
Rootइति
Formquotative particle
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formlocative singular neuter/masculine; ‘in this’
विशेषेin the special case / in this distinction
विशेषे:
TypeNoun
Rootविशेष
Formlocative singular masculine; ‘in this particular case/special circumstance’
परिपणितstipulated / agreed upon
परिपणित:
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootपण् + परि
Formpast passive participle used adjectivally; ‘stipulated/contracted/settled’; in compound with kāla
कालम्time-limit / term
कालम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formaccusative singular masculine; ‘stipulated time/term’
सन्धिम्treaty / peace / alliance-compact
सन्धिम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसन्धि
Formaccusative singular masculine; object of ‘upeyāt’
उपेयात्should enter into / should resort to
उपेयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootइ (एति) + उप
Form3rd person singular, optative (vidhi-liṅ), parasmaipada; ‘should enter into/should resort to’
Entities Mentioned
A
ally/partner (paraḥ)A
army (sainya)FAQs
To allocate the costly operational period (bad weather, disease season, scarcity) to the other party and preserve one’s own forces for a favorable window.
Risk-shifting and burden allocation in coalition operations—assigning high-attrition phases to partners while retaining one’s own readiness.