Sutra 4
Devanagari script
तस्मात्सहस्रैकीयः पुरस्ताल्लाभस्यायोगः शतैकीयो वा पश्चात्कोप इति न यायात् ॥ कZ_०९.३.०४ ॥
Transliteration
tasmāt sahasraikīyaḥ purastāl lābhasyāyogaḥ śataikīyo vā paścātkopa iti na yāyāt
Translation
لہٰذا اگر فوری فائدہ ‘ہزار گنا’ بھی ہو مگر بعد میں ہونے والا ردِّعمل/انتقامی اثر ‘سو گنا’ ہو، تو آگے نہیں بڑھنا چاہیے۔
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore; from that (reason)
तस्मात्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formablative singular (पञ्चमी एकवचन), masculine/neuter; deictic pronoun used as causal connector ‘therefore/from that’
सहस्रैकीयः(a rate) of one per thousand
सहस्रैकीयः:
TypeAdjective (numeral-derived)
Rootसहस्र + एक
Formnominative singular masculine; agrees with implied ‘योगः/व्यवहारः/दण्डः’ etc.; meaning ‘of one per thousand’ (rate)
पुरस्तात्beforehand; in advance; earlier
पुरस्तात्:
TypeIndeclinable (Adverb)
Rootपुरस्
Formavyaya; adverb of place/time ‘in front; beforehand; earlier’
लाभस्यof profit; of gain
लाभस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootलाभ
Formgenitive singular masculine; ‘of gain/profit’
अयोगःis not appropriate; is not to be applied
अयोगः:
TypeNoun
Rootअ + योग
Formnominative singular masculine; ‘non-application/unsuitability/non-occurrence’; predicate noun
शतैकीयः(a rate) of one per hundred
शतैकीयः:
TypeAdjective (numeral-derived)
Rootशत + एक
Formnominative singular masculine; ‘of one per hundred’ (rate)
वाor
वा:
TypeParticle
Rootवा
Formavyaya; disjunctive ‘or’
पश्चात्afterwards; later
पश्चात्:
TypeIndeclinable (Adverb)
Rootपश्चात्
Formavyaya; adverb ‘afterwards; later’
कोपःanger; resentment
कोपः:
TypeNoun
Rootकोप
Formnominative singular masculine; ‘anger; resentment’; subject/predicate noun
इतिthus; ‘so’ (as a thought/statement)
इति:
TypeQuotative particle
Rootइति
Formavyaya; marks end of quoted/considered alternative
नnot
न:
TypeNegation particle
Rootन
Formavyaya; negates the verb
यायात्should occur; should come about
यायात्:
TypeVerb
Rootया
Form3rd person singular, optative (विधिलिङ्), parasmaipada; ‘should go/should come to (a state)’
Entities Mentioned
P
purastāt-lābha (immediate gain)P
paścāt-kopa (deferred backlash)FAQs
As a conservative threshold: any credible post-campaign backlash (even smaller in magnitude than gain) can veto action due to its compounding and destabilizing effects.