Sutra 22

Devanagari script

विपरीता दण्डधारणा दण्डस्थानम् ॥ कZ_०७.१०.२२ ॥

Transliteration

viparītā daṇḍa-dhāraṇā daṇḍa-sthānam.

Translation

اس کے برعکس، جو سرزمین دَند-قوت سے تھامی جائے وہ ‘دَند-ستھان’ (محض سزا/جبر کا مرکز) بن جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• विपरीता: reversed; contrary; improper
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-परि-इ (परी/पर्ययार्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (दण्डधारणा-शब्दस्य)

• दण्डधारणा: the holding/administration of punishment (the rod of chastisement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृ (धारणे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देशः

• दण्डस्थानम्: the place/seat (locus) of punishment; the proper locus of penal authority
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्था (स्थितौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विधेय/परिभाषा-रूपेण (समास-परिभाषा)

Entities Mentioned

• daṇḍa-sthāna (coercion sink)

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What is the practical warning in calling it daṇḍa-sthānam?

Such a province consumes continuous enforcement resources and invites cycles of resistance; it weakens the center by turning governance into permanent coercive firefighting.