Sutra 34

Devanagari script

योऽहं स भवान्यन्मम द्रव्यं तद्भवतः इत्युपग्रहः सान्त्वम् ॥ कZ_०२.१०.३४ ॥

Transliteration

yo 'haṃ sa bhavān yan mama dravyaṃ tad bhavataḥ ity upagrahaḥ sāntvam

Translation

“你与我无异；凡我所有，皆为你有”——这种带有拥抱式的保证就是安抚与和解（sāntva）。

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: sarvanāma-prātipadika; puṃliṅgaḥ; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• अहम्: I
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: sarvanāma; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• सः: he / that person
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma; puṃliṅgaḥ; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• Type: Pronoun (honorific)
• Root: भवत्
• Form: bhavat-śabdaḥ (ādara-vācī); puṃliṅgaḥ; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• यत्: whatever / that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: sarvanāma; napuṃsakaliṅgaḥ; prathamā/ dvitīyā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam (context: relative ‘whatever/that which’)

• मम: my / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: sarvanāma; ṣaṣṭhī-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• द्रव्यम्: property, wealth, substance
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: napuṃsakaliṅgaḥ; prathamā/ dvitīyā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• तत्: that (i.e., that property)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: sarvanāma; napuṃsakaliṅgaḥ; prathamā/ dvitīyā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam (referring to ‘d्रव्यम्’)

• भवतः: of you / yours (honorific)
• Type: Pronoun (honorific)
• Root: भवत्
• Form: bhavat-śabdaḥ; puṃliṅgaḥ; ṣaṣṭhī-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• इति: thus, saying
• Type: Particle
• Root: इति
• Form: avyayam; iti-śabdaḥ (quotative/marker of reported speech)

• उपग्रहः: an approach/assurance; (here) a conciliatory overture
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपग्रह
• Form: puṃliṅgaḥ; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

• सान्त्वम्: conciliation, soothing persuasion
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्त्व
• Form: napuṃsakaliṅgaḥ; prathamā-vibhaktiḥ; ekavacanam

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FAQs

What tactic does Kautilya encode in this sāntva formula?

Identity and interest alignment: it reduces perceived distance and signals material commitment to secure cooperation.