Sutra 37

Devanagari script

खनका हि खातेन शस्त्रेण चोभयथा युध्यन्ते शस्त्रेणैवाकाशयोधिनः ॥ कZ_०७.१०.३७ ॥

Transliteration

khanakā hi khātena śastreṇa cobhayathā yudhyante śastreṇaivākāśayodhinaḥ

Translation

คนขุดเหมืองสู้ได้สองทาง—ด้วยการขุดและด้วยอาวุธ; ส่วน ‘นักรบฟ้า’ สู้ด้วยอาวุธเท่านั้น

Word by Word

• खनकाः: sappers; miners; tunnel-diggers
• Type: Noun
• Root: खनक
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Particle
• Root: हि
• Form: निपातः (हेतौ/खलु-अर्थे)

• खातेन: with/using a trench (a dug-out/pit)
• Type: Noun (PPP used substantively)
• Root: खात
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गः; √खन् (खनने) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘खात’ = dug trench/pit

• शस्त्रेण: with a weapon
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गः

• च: and
• Type: Conjunction
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्

• उभयथा: in both ways; by both methods
• Type: Adverb
• Root: उभयथा
• Form: अव्ययम् (प्रकारवाचक)

• युध्यन्ते: they fight; they engage in battle
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युध्
• Form: लट्-लकारः, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• शस्त्रेण: with a weapon
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्, नपुंसकलिङ्गः

• एव: only; indeed
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: अव्ययम् (अवधारणार्थक)

• आकाशयोधिनः: those who fight in the air/aloft; sky-fighters
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाशयोधिन्
• Form: प्रथमा-बहुवचनम्, पुंलिङ्गः; समासः: आकाशे योधिनः (locative-tatpuruṣa) / ‘sky-fighters’

Entities Mentioned

• khanakāḥ
• ākāśayodhinaḥ
• śastra
• khāta

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What ‘nīti’ principle is embedded in the two-mode fighting of miners?

Choose instruments that offer multiple avenues to the objective (redundancy and versatility), thereby reducing dependence on a single mode of success.