Sutra 21
Devanagari script
तेषामभावो जनपदाभावे स्वाम्यमात्ययोश्चानन्तरः इति ॥ कZ_०८.१.२१ ॥
Transliteration
teṣām abhāvo janapadābhāve svāmy-amātyayoś cānantaraḥ iti.
Translation
நாட்டுப்புறம் இல்லையெனில் அவை (அந்த வளங்கள்) இல்லாமல் போகும்; அதன் பின்னர் அரசனும் அமைச்சர்களும் கூட ஆபத்தில் ஆழ்வர்.
Word by Word
तेषाम्of those (i.e., of them)
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formषष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural), सर्वनाम
अभावःabsence; non-existence
अभावः:
TypeNoun
Rootअभाव
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nominative singular), पुंलिङ्गः
जनपद-अभावेin the absence of the territory/realm (janapada)
जनपद-अभावे:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootजनपद + अभाव
Formसप्तमी-एकवचनम् (locative singular), पुंलिङ्गः; ‘जनपदस्य अभावे’ = in the absence of the janapada
स्वामि-अमात्ययोःof the sovereign and the ministers
स्वामि-अमात्ययोः:
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootस्वामिन् + अमात्य
Formषष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचनम् (genitive/locative dual); here genitive dual: ‘of the king and the ministers’
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formअव्ययम् (conjunction)
अनन्तरःimmediate; next (in sequence)
अनन्तरः:
TypeAdjective (used predicatively)
Rootअनन्तर
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nominative singular), पुंलिङ्गः; agrees with ‘अभावः’
इतिthus; as stated
इति:
TypeQuotative particle
Rootइति
Formअव्ययम्; quotation/statement marker
Entities Mentioned
J
janapadaS
svāminA
amātyaFAQs
First the productive base (janapada) deteriorates; then revenue, force, and supplies disappear; then the political center (ruler and ministers) becomes untenable.