Sutra 34

Devanagari script

वासयेदरिपक्षीयमवशीर्णक्रियाविधौ ॥ कZ_०७.६.३४च्द् ॥

Transliteration

vāsayed aripakṣīyam avaśīrṇakriyāvidhau

Translation

செயல் முறைகள் சீர்கெட்டுள்ள எதிரிப் பக்கத்தவரைத் தன் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் (அடைக்கலம் அளித்து/கட்டுப்படுத்தி) வைத்திருக்க வேண்டும்।

Word by Word

• वासयेत्: should cause (someone) to reside / should station (secretly)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वास् (caus.)
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; धातुः वास् (निवासे) causative (णिच्) = वासयति

• अरि-पक्षीयम्: (a person/agent) belonging to the enemy side
• Type: Noun (Adjective)
• Root: पक्ष
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, एकवचनम्, द्वितीया (कर्मपदम्); अरिणः पक्षः = अरिपक्षः, तस्य (सम्बन्धिनः) = अरिपक्षीयम्

• अवशीर्ण-क्रिया-विधौ: in a method/operation in which activities have deteriorated / when the conduct of operations has collapsed
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, एकवचनम्, सप्तमी (अधिकरणम्); अवशीर्णा क्रिया यस्मिन् विधौ/विधाने = अवशीर्णक्रियाविधिः, तस्मिन् (सप्तमी) अवशीर्णक्रियाविधौ

Entities Mentioned

• ari-pakṣa (enemy faction)

More Details

FAQs

What is the likely political use of ‘keeping an enemy-side person’ (7.6.34cd)?

To contain and exploit a weakened or compromised enemy partisan as a controllable asset—reducing enemy capacity while gaining leverage or information.