Sutra 24

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्वा गुणे स्थितः स्वकर्मणामुपघातं पश्येन्नेतरस्य तस्मिन्न तिष्ठेत् ॥ कZ_०७.१.२४ ॥

Transliteration

yasminvā guṇe sthitaḥ svakarmaṇām upaghātaṃ paśyen netarasya tasmin na tiṣṭhet

Translation

ไม่ว่าอยู่ในเงื่อนไขใด หากเขาเห็นว่างานของตนเสียหาย แต่ของอีกฝ่ายไม่เสียหาย เขาไม่ควรคงอยู่ในเงื่อนไขนั้น

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which (case/quality/situation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, पुं/नपुं; सम्बन्धे/अधिकरणे

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्ययम्

• गुणे: in a merit/advantage (in a favourable factor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, पुं; अधिकरणम्

• स्थितः: being situated / standing / remaining
• Type: Verb (Participle)
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकृदन्तः; प्रथमा-एकवचनम्, पुं; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• स्वकर्मणाम्: of one’s own duties/operations
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (with स्व-)
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम्, नपुं; ‘स्व’ + ‘कर्मणाम्’ = स्वस्य कर्माणि (own duties/operations)

• उपघातम्: harm / impairment
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपघात
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्, पुं; कर्म

• पश्येत्: should see / would perceive
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• इतरस्य: of another (person/party)
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: इतर
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम्, पुं/नपुं; ‘of another/others’

• तस्मिन्: in that (case/situation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्, पुं/नपुं; अधिकरणे

• न: not
• Type: Particle
• Root: न
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्

• तिष्ठेत्: should stay / should remain (here: should not remain)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

Entities Mentioned

• svāmin
• para (other)

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What is the practical governance lesson of this sūtra?

Do not persist in a policy posture that disrupts your administration/economy/military preparedness while leaving the rival unaffected.