Sutra 27

Devanagari script

उच्छेदनीयो ह्यनपाश्रयो दुर्बलापाश्रयो वाभियुक्तः कोशदण्डावादायापसर्तुकामः प्रकृतिभिस्त्यज्यते न पीडनीयो दुर्गमित्रप्रतिष्टब्धः ॥ कZ_०७.१०.२७ ॥

Transliteration

ucchedanīyo hy anapāśrayo durbalāpāśrayo vābhiyuktaḥ kośadaṇḍāvādāyāpasartukāmaḥ prakṛtibhis tyajyate na pīḍanīyo durgamitrapratiṣṭabdhaḥ

Translation

دشمن ‘قابلِ استیصال’ تب ہوتا ہے جب حملے کے وقت اس کے پاس قابلِ اعتماد سہارا نہ ہو یا وہ کمزور سہارے پر تکیہ کرے؛ اور خزانہ اور لشکر (کوش و دَند) سمیٹ کر بھاگنے کی نیت کرے تو اس کے اپنے ہی ارکانِ ریاست (پراکرتی) اسے چھوڑ دیں۔ مگر ‘قابلِ ایذا’ دشمن ایسا نہیں ہوتا، کیونکہ وہ قلعوں اور حلیفوں کے سہارے جما رہتا ہے۔

Word by Word

उच्छेदनीयःfit to be uprooted / to be eliminated

हिindeed / for

अनपाश्रयःwithout support / without refuge

दुर्बल-अपाश्रयःhaving only weak support / backed by the weak

वाor

अभियुक्तःaccused / proceeded against

कोश-दण्डौthe treasury and the coercive power (army/punitive force)

आदायhaving taken / having seized

अपसर्तु-कामःdesirous of withdrawing / fleeing

प्रकृतिभिःby the prakṛtis (state elements/officials)

त्यज्यतेis abandoned / is deserted

नnot

पीडनीयःfit to be oppressed/harassed

दुर्ग-मित्र-प्रतिष्टब्धःpropped up by a fort and an ally

Entities Mentioned

prakṛti (constituents of the state)

kośa (treasury)

daṇḍa (force/army)

durga (fort)

mitra (ally)

FAQs

What is the practical test for an ‘ucchedanīya’ enemy in this verse?

Under attack he cannot hold loyalty: he tries to exit with cash and troops, and his own prakṛtis defect—making elimination and annexation feasible.