Sutra 28
Devanagari script
दुर्गप्रतिष्टब्धयोरपि स्थलनदीदुर्गीयाभ्यां स्थलदुर्गीयाद्भूमिलाभः श्रेयान् ॥ कZ_०७.१०.२८ ॥
Transliteration
durgapratiṣṭabdhayor api sthalanadīdurgīyābhyāṃ sthaladurgīyād bhūmilābhaḥ śreyān
Translation
اگرچہ دونوں فریق قلعوں کے سہارے مضبوط ہوں، پھر بھی خشکی کے قلعہ بند اور دریا کے قلعہ بند دشمن میں، خشکی کے قلعہ بند دشمن سے علاقہ حاصل کرنا زیادہ بہتر ہے۔
Word by Word
दुर्गप्रतिष्टब्धयोःeven when (both are) secured/blocked by a fort
दुर्गप्रतिष्टब्धयोः:
TypeAdjective (participial)
Rootदुर्ग + प्रति√स्तभ्
Formषष्ठी-द्विवचनम् (m./n.); past passive participle used adjectivally: ‘(of two things) obstructed/secured by a fort’
अपिeven; although
अपि:
TypeParticle
Rootअपि
Formनिपातः; concessive ‘even/although’
स्थलनदीदुर्गीयाभ्याम्by/with the land-fort and the river-fort
स्थलनदीदुर्गीयाभ्याम्:
TypeAdjective (derived)
Rootस्थल + नदी + दुर्गीय
Formतृतीया-द्विवचनम् (m./n.); ‘by/with the land-fort and river-fort (types)’
स्थलदुर्गीयात्from the land-fort (type/position)
स्थलदुर्गीयात्:
TypeAdjective (derived)
Rootस्थल + दुर्गीय
Formपञ्चमी-एकवचनम् (m./n.); ‘from the land-fort(-type)’
भूमिलाभःgain of land; territorial acquisition
भूमिलाभः:
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि + लाभ
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् (पुं); ‘acquisition of land/territory’
श्रेयान्is better; is preferable
श्रेयान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेयस्
Formप्रथमा-एकवचनम् (पुं); comparative sense ‘better/preferable’ (used predicatively)
Entities Mentioned
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durga (fort)FAQs
Probability and cost of successful capture plus post-capture control; land-forts are assessed as yielding more manageable gains than river-forts.