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Sutra 9

यदि वा मन्येत प्रवर्षोष्णशीतमतिव्याधिप्रायमुपक्षीणाहारोपभोगं सैन्यव्यायामानां चाउपरोधिकं कार्यसाधनानामूनमतिरिक्तं वा कालं परश्चेष्टिष्यते विपरीतमहमित्येतस्मिन्विशेषे परिपणितकालं संधिमुपेयात् ॥ कZ_०७.६.०९ ॥

yadi vā manyeta pravarṣoṣṇaśītam ativyādhiprāyam upakṣīṇāhāropabhogaṃ sainyavyāyāmānāṃ cāuparodhikaṃ kāryasādhanānām ūnam atiriktaṃ vā kālaṃ paraś ceṣṭiṣyate viparītam aham ity etasmin viśeṣe paripaṇitakālaṃ saṃdhim upeyāt

หรือหากเขาเห็นว่าอีกฝ่ายจำต้องปฏิบัติการในช่วงฝนตกหนัก ความร้อนจัด หรือความหนาวจัด; ในกาลที่เสี่ยงโรคร้ายแรง; เมื่อเสบียงอาหารและของใช้ลดน้อย; และในสภาพที่ขัดขวางการฝึกซ้อมกองทัพ—ขณะที่ตนเองปฏิบัติการในช่วงเวลาตรงกันข้ามที่เอื้อกว่า—ก็พึงอาศัยความได้เปรียบนี้ทำสนธิสัญญาที่กำหนดระยะเวลา/ช่วงเวลาไว้ (สนธิสัญญากำหนดเวลา)

यदिif
यदि:
TypeParticle
Rootयद्
Formconditional particle (nipāta)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formdisjunctive particle
मन्येतshould think / should consider
मन्येत:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
Form3rd person singular, optative (vidhi-liṅ), ātmanepada, parasmaipada? (class 4/10 usage: man- ‘to think’), present-system; ‘he should think/consider’
प्रवर्षrainy season
प्रवर्ष:
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्
Formstem: प्रवर्ष-; in compound; denotes rainy season
उष्णheat / hot season
उष्ण:
TypeAdjective
Rootउष्ण
Formstem: उष्ण-; in compound; ‘hot (season/condition)’
शीतcold / cold season
शीत:
TypeAdjective
Rootशीत
Formstem: शीत-; in compound; ‘cold (season/condition)’
अतिexcessive / very much
अति:
TypePrefix/Particle
Rootअति
Formupasarga/avyaya used as intensifier in compound
व्याधिdisease
व्याधि:
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि
Formstem: व्याधि-; in compound
प्रायम्mostly / predominantly
प्रायम्:
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootप्राय
Formaccusative singular neuter (as adverbial: ‘mostly/for the most part’); in compound
उपक्षीणdepleted / reduced
उपक्षीण:
TypeParticiple
Rootक्षि (क्षीयते) + उप
Formpast passive participle (kṛdanta), ‘diminished/waned’; in compound
आहारfood / provisions
आहार:
TypeNoun
Rootआहार
Formstem: आहार-; in dvandva compound
उपभोगम्enjoyment / consumption / use (of comforts)
उपभोगम्:
TypeNoun
Rootउपभोग
Formaccusative singular masculine; member of dvandva ‘āhāra-upabhoga’
सैन्यarmy / military
सैन्य:
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसैन्य
Formstem: सैन्य-; ‘of the army’; in compound
व्यायामानाम्of exercises / drills
व्यायामानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यायाम
Formgenitive plural masculine; ‘of (military) exercises/drills’
and
:
TypeParticle
Root
Formconjunction
औपरोधिकम्obstructive / causing hindrance
औपरोधिकम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootउपरोध
Formaccusative singular neuter; derived adjective (taddhita) meaning ‘causing obstruction/impediment; obstructive’
कार्यtask / undertaking
कार्य:
TypeNoun
Rootकृ
Formstem: कार्य-; ‘task/operation’; in compound
साधनानाम्of means / resources / instruments
साधनानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसाधन
Formgenitive plural neuter; ‘of means/instruments (for accomplishing tasks)’
ऊनम्insufficient / less (than needed)
ऊनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootऊन
Formaccusative singular neuter; predicative with कालम् (understood/coming)
अतिरिक्तम्excess / more (than needed)
अतिरिक्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिरिक्त
Formaccusative singular neuter; predicative with कालम् (understood/coming)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formdisjunctive particle
कालम्time / season / period
कालम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formaccusative singular masculine; object of ‘pariccheṣṭiṣyate’ (will strive for) / related to ‘paripaṇita-kāla’
परःthe other (party) / the enemy
परः:
TypePronoun/Adjective
Rootपर
Formnominative singular masculine; subject ‘the other (party/enemy)’
चेष्टिष्यतेwill act / will make efforts / will attempt
चेष्टिष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootचेष्ट् (चेष्टते)
Form3rd person singular, simple future (luṭ), ātmanepada
विपरीतम्the opposite / contrary (to this)
विपरीतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविपरीत
Formaccusative singular neuter; predicative/object complement (what is contrary)
अहम्I
अहम्:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formnominative singular; ‘I’ (i.e., ‘I will…’) in quoted thought
इतिthus
इति:
TypeParticle
Rootइति
Formquotative particle
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formlocative singular neuter/masculine; ‘in this’
विशेषेin the special case / in this distinction
विशेषे:
TypeNoun
Rootविशेष
Formlocative singular masculine; ‘in this particular case/special circumstance’
परिपणितstipulated / agreed upon
परिपणित:
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootपण् + परि
Formpast passive participle used adjectivally; ‘stipulated/contracted/settled’; in compound with kāla
कालम्time-limit / term
कालम्:
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formaccusative singular masculine; ‘stipulated time/term’
सन्धिम्treaty / peace / alliance-compact
सन्धिम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसन्धि
Formaccusative singular masculine; object of ‘upeyāt’
उपेयात्should enter into / should resort to
उपेयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootइ (एति) + उप
Form3rd person singular, optative (vidhi-liṅ), parasmaipada; ‘should enter into/should resort to’
A
ally/partner (paraḥ)
A
army (sainya)

FAQs

To allocate the costly operational period (bad weather, disease season, scarcity) to the other party and preserve one’s own forces for a favorable window.

Risk-shifting and burden allocation in coalition operations—assigning high-attrition phases to partners while retaining one’s own readiness.