Sutra 23

Devanagari script

शक्त्युदये यातव्यमनैकान्न्तिकत्वाद्व्यसनानामिति कौटिल्यः ॥ कZ_०९.१.४३ ॥

Transliteration

śaktyudaye yātavyam anaikāntikatvād vyasanānām iti kauṭilyaḥ

Translation

Sabi ni Kauṭilya: “Dapat magmartsa kapag ang sariling lakas ay papataas; sapagkat ang mga kapahamakan ay hindi tiyak o mapagpasya (hindi ito laging nagbubunga ng iisang mahuhulaang kinalabasan).”

Word by Word

• शक्त्युदये: when (one’s) power/capability has arisen (i.e., at the rise of strength)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति; उदय
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम्, सप्तमी (अधिकरण) — ‘शक्तेः उदये’

• यातव्यम्: one should go / one should set out (march)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थ)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम्; विधेय/कर्तव्यता — ‘should be gone/should march’

• अनैकान्तिकत्वात्: because of uncertainty / non-definiteness
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनैकान्तिकत्व
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे एकवचनम्, पञ्चमी (हेतु/अपादान) — ‘because of non-definiteness/uncertainty’

• व्यसनानाम्: of misfortunes / calamities
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे बहुवचनम्, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) — ‘of calamities/misfortunes’

• इति: thus
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: निपात; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरण-चिह्न

• कौटिल्यः: Kauṭilya (says)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौटिल्य
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे एकवचनम्, प्रथमा — वक्ता/आचार्य-निर्देश

Entities Mentioned

• Kauṭilya
• śakti
• vyasana

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FAQs

How does Kauṭilya differ from the earlier teachers here?

He prioritizes internal readiness and power-growth over merely waiting for the enemy’s distress, since distress can be temporary, deceptive, or strategically irrelevant.