Sutra 27

Devanagari script

तथा कुर्याद् यथोभयविनाशः स्यात् ॥ कZ_१२.१.२७ ॥

Transliteration

tathā kuryād yathobhayavināśaḥ syāt

Translation

เขาควรกระทำให้เป็นไปในลักษณะที่ทั้งสองฝ่ายพินาศ (คือฝ่ายศัตรูทำลายกันเอง)

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद/क्रियाविशेषण)

• कुर्यात्: he should do; one should act
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; विध्यर्थः

• यथा: so that; in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: अव्यय; यथार्थे/प्रकारे (correlative with तथा)

• उभय-विनाशः: destruction of both (sides); mutual ruin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः: उभयस्य विनाशः

• स्यात्: would be; may occur; should happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लिङ् (विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; सम्भावना/विध्यर्थः

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How can ‘both sides’ be interpreted politically here?

Typically as two hostile forces—e.g., an enemy and another adversarial group—set on a collision course so that the king avoids direct costs while adversaries weaken each other.