Sutra 9

Devanagari script

तेषामभावे तदभावः छिन्नपक्षस्येव राज्ञश्चेष्टानाशश्च ॥ कZ_०८.१.०९ ॥

Transliteration

teṣām abhāve tadabhāvaḥ chinnapakṣasyeva rājñaś ceṣṭānāśaś ca

Translation

没有他们，这些职能也就不存在；国王的行动能力也被摧毁——如同被剪去翅膀的鸟。

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of those (i.e., of them)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: षष्ठी-बहुवचनम् (genitive plural), सर्वनाम

• अभावे: in the absence (of them)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाव
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनम् (locative singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः (usage varies)

• तद्: that (thing/result)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम्/द्वितीया-एकवचनम् नपुंसकलिङ्ग (nominative/accusative singular neuter)

• अभावः: absence; non-occurrence
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाव
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• छिन्नपक्षस्य: of one whose wings are cut (a wing-clipped bird)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छिन्नपक्ष
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (genitive singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• इव: like; as if
• Type: Particle
• Root: इव
• Form: उपमा-अव्ययम् (comparative particle)

• राज्ञः: of the king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (genitive singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• चेष्टानाशः: destruction/loss of activity (ability to act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्टानाश
• Form: प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (nominative singular), पुंलिङ्ग

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

Entities Mentioned

• king (rājā)
• ministers (amātyas)

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FAQs

What is the administrative lesson of the “cut wings” metaphor?

Personal authority is insufficient without operational organs; removing competent ministers disables execution even if sovereignty remains formally intact.