Sutra 22
Devanagari script
कापटिकोदास्थितगृहपतिकवैदेहकतापसव्यञ्जनाः साहस्राः ॥ कZ_०५.३.२२ ॥
Transliteration
kāpaṭikodāsthitagṛhapatikavaidehakatāpasavyañjanāḥ sāhasrāḥ
Translation
कापटिकोदास्थितगृहपतिकवैदेहकतापसव्यञ्जनाः साहस्राः।
Word by Word
कापटिकa deceiver; one acting with fraud (often as an undercover agent)
कापटिक:
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootकपट
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
उदासीनan indifferent/neutral-looking person (as a disguise)
उदासीन:
TypeNoun/Adjective (used substantively)
Rootउदासीन
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
स्थितstationed; settled; established (as a guise)
स्थित:
TypePast participle (adjectival)
Rootस्था
Formकृदन्त (क्त); प्रथमा बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
गृहपतिhouseholder; head of a household (as a disguise)
गृहपति:
TypeNoun
Rootगृहपति
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
कवैदेहक‘kavaidehaka’ (unclear term in this reading); likely a specific class/disguise connected with ‘vaidehaka’ (merchant/broker type)
कवैदेहक:
TypeNoun
Rootकवैदेहक
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण); (पाठभेद/दुर्बोध-शब्दः)
तापसascetic; hermit (as a disguise)
तापस:
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
व्यञ्जनाःdisguises; outward marks/indications
व्यञ्जनाः:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यञ्जन
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग ‘व्यञ्जन’ → पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग बहुवचन-प्रथमा ‘व्यञ्जनाः’ (प्रयोगः: ‘चिह्न/वेष/लक्षण’); प्रथमा बहुवचन
साहस्राः(they are) in thousands; numbering a thousand
साहस्राः:
TypeAdjective/Numeral (used substantively)
Rootसाहस्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘सहस्र’ सम्बन्धि—‘by the thousand / in thousands’
Entities Mentioned
K
kāpaṭikaU
udāsthitaG
gṛhapatikaV
vaidehakaT
tāpasaV
vyañjanaFAQs
Intelligence is treated as a premium capability; higher compensation supports operational security, loyalty, and the costs of maintaining credible cover identities.
It indicates structured infiltration: the state embeds operatives across social milieus to gather information and shape outcomes without overt force.