Sutra 17

Devanagari script

तद्विशिष्टं स्वयं ग्राहं दण्डं वा प्रेषयेत्सामन्ताटविकान्वा तैर्विगृहीतमतिसंदध्यात् ॥ कZ_०९.३.१७ ॥

Transliteration

tad-viśiṣṭaṃ svayaṃ grāhaṃ daṇḍaṃ vā preṣayet; sāmantāṭavikān vā; tair vigṛhītam ati-sandadhyāt

Translation

اس خاص مرتبے والے شخص کے خلاف خود گرفتاری (پکڑ) یا تعزیری قوت روانہ کی جائے۔ یا سرحدی سرداروں اور جنگلی قبائل کو استعمال کر کے، انہی کے ذریعے بغاوت کر کے الگ ہونے والے پر دباؤ مزید بڑھایا جائے۔

Word by Word

• तद्विशिष्टम्: the specially suitable (measure/agent) for that situation
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विशिष्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘तद्’ (तस्य) + ‘विशिष्ट’ (ppp) = ‘तद्विशिष्टम्’ = ‘that which is distinguished/appropriate to that (case)’

• स्वयम्: personally; oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्
• Form: अव्यय; कर्तृ-विशेषणम्

• ग्राहम्: a captor; a seizing party/agent
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘ग्राह’ (seizer/captor)

• दण्डम्: punishment; punitive force
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक

• प्रेषयेत्: should send; should depute
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense not required here: ‘should send/depute’

• सामन्ताटविकान्: the frontier vassals and the forest-tribesmen
• Type: Noun (plural)
• Root: सामन्त; आटविक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, द्वितीया; ‘सामन्त’ + ‘आटविक’ (forest-tribesmen) as a coordinative compound

• वा: or
• Type: Particle
• Root: वा
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक

• तैः: by them; through them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, बहुवचन, तृतीया; ‘by them/through them’

• विगृहीतम्: that which has been seized/captured
• Type: Participle (past passive)
• Root: वि-ग्रह्
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, द्वितीया; ‘seized/captured’

• अतिसंदध्यात्: should make a further settlement/compact (after capture)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-सम्-धा
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should arrange/bring about (a further) reconciliation/settlement; should make an additional compact’

Entities Mentioned

• high-status rebel
• daṇḍa (punitive force)
• sāmanta
• āṭavika

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FAQs

What is the menu of coercive options recommended for high-status dissidents?

Direct arrest, punitive force, or indirect pressure through sāmantas and āṭavikas as auxiliaries to tighten control over a breakaway actor.