Sutra 9

Devanagari script

तस्मादस्य जाङ्गुलीविदो भिषजश्चासन्नाः स्युः ॥ कZ_०१.२१.०९ ॥

Transliteration

tasmād asya jāṅgulīvido bhiṣajaś cāsannāḥ syuḥ

Translation

तस्मात् अस्य जाङ्गुलीविदः भिषजश्च आसन्नाः स्युः।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that reason
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; पञ्चमी एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (ablative sg. of tad)

• अस्य: of him/this (person); his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; षष्ठी एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (genitive sg.)

• जाङ्गुलीविदः: snake-venom specialists; snake-charmers/handlers skilled in antidotes
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाङ्गुलीविद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• भिषजः: physicians; doctors
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• आसन्नाः: nearby; kept at hand; in attendance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसन्न
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; (कृदन्त-विशेषण, ‘आस्’ धातोः/‘सद्’ इत्यादि-प्रयोगेण ‘near/at hand’)

• स्युः: should be; ought to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचन; ‘they should be’

Entities Mentioned

• king (implied)
• jāṅgulī specialists
• physicians

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What is the policy principle stated here?

High-value targets require on-site response capacity; prevention is paired with immediate treatment readiness.