Sutra 21

Devanagari script

षष्ठे तूर्यघोषेण प्रतिबुद्धः शास्त्रमितिकर्तव्यतां च चिन्तयेत् ॥ कZ_०१.१९.२१ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭhe tūryaghoṣeṇa pratibuddhaḥ śāstram itikartavyatāṃ ca cintayet

Translation

ในยามที่หกของคืน เมื่อถูกปลุกด้วยเสียงดนตรีแล้ว เขาควรใคร่ครวญคัมภีร์และระเบียบวิธีที่พึงปฏิบัติ

Word by Word

• षष्ठे: at the sixth (time-period/watch)
• Type: Noun/Adjective (ordinal)
• Root: षष्ठ
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे (दिन/प्रहर-आदि अव्यक्त-आश्रय); क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम्

• तूर्यघोषेण: by/with the sound of musical instruments (signal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्यघोष
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः; करण-कारकः

• प्रतिबुद्धः: having been awakened / awake
• Type: Verb-derived adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: प्रति√बुध्
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त); प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; पुंलिङ्गः; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘awakened’

• शास्त्रम्: the treatise / the governing doctrine
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गः; कर्म

• इति: thus; as (stated)
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: निपातः; उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति-सूचकः

• कर्तव्यताम्: the duties / what ought to be done
• Type: Noun (abstract)
• Root: कर्तव्यता
• Form: द्वितीया-एकवचनम्; स्त्रीलिङ्गः; ‘कर्तव्य’ (gerundive) + ‘-ता’ भाववाचक-प्रत्ययः

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

• चिन्तयेत्: should reflect upon / should consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चिन्त्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथम-पुरुषः एकवचनम्; ‘he should reflect/consider’

Entities Mentioned

• śāstra
• itikartavyatā (procedure)

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FAQs

What does 'itikartavyatā' add beyond 'śāstra'?

It shifts from principle to execution—ensuring the ruler thinks in workflows, compliance steps, and administrative sequencing.