Sutra 27

Devanagari script

वैदेहकव्यञ्जनो वा सार्थप्रमाणं राज्ञः प्रेषयेत् ॥ कZ_०२.२१.२७ ॥

Transliteration

vaidehakavyañjano vā sārthapramāṇaṃ rājñaḥ preṣayet

Translation

หรือผู้สื่อสาร/ตัวแทนของชาวต่างชาติอาจส่งหลักฐาน/รายละเอียดของคาราวานไปยังพระราชา

Word by Word

• वैदेहकव्यञ्जनः: a ‘vyāñjana’ (indicator/agent) of the Vaidehaka (spy class)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदेहकव्यञ्जन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; समासः—वैदेहकस्य व्यञ्जनः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (or)

• सार्थप्रमाणम्: a credential/evidence connected with a caravan (sārtha)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन; समासः—सार्थं प्रमाणम् (सार्थ-प्रमाणम्)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन

• प्रेषयेत्: should send/dispatch
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातुः—प्रेष् (प्रेषणे)

Entities Mentioned

• king
• foreign agent/messenger
• caravan

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FAQs

Why permit information to go directly to the king?

It creates parallel channels of information to detect collusion or manipulation by intermediate officials and strengthens central oversight.