Sutra 13

Devanagari script

प्रत्यापत्तेर्हि तदेव कारणं ज्ञात्वान्तपालसखः स्यात् ॥ कZ_०१.१७.१३ ॥

Transliteration

pratyāpatter hi tad eva kāraṇaṃ jñātvā antapālasakhaḥ syāt

Translation

ஏனெனில் அதே ஏற்பாடே திருப்பம்/மாறுபாட்டிற்குக் காரணமாகிறது; இதை அறிந்து அந்தபாலனை நண்பன்/கூட்டாளியாக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• प्रत्यापत्तेः: of recovery / restoration (regaining what was lost)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति-आ√पद्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (प्रत्यापत्ति)

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Particle
• Root: हि
• Form: निपात; हेतौ/निश्चये

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• एव: only; precisely
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणे

• कारणम्: cause; reason
• Type: Noun
• Root: √कृ (करणे) → कारण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known; having understood
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having known/understood’

• अन्तपालसखः: a friend/ally of the frontier-warden
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तपाल + सखि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः: अन्तपालस्य सखा

• स्यात्: should be; ought to become
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

Entities Mentioned

• antapāla

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FAQs

What is the governance mechanism suggested by 'antapāla-sakhaḥ'?

Bind the custodian/warden through personal alliance and incentives so custody does not become a leverage point for factions or a trigger for reversal.