Vyasanadhikarana Adhyaya 4 Sutra 41 - Arthashastra | Chinese | Vedapath

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Sutra 41

Devanagari script

प्रतिरोधकाटविकयोः प्रतिरोधका रात्रिसत्त्रचराः शरीराक्रमिणो नित्याः शतसहस्राहपारिणः प्रधानकोपकाश्च व्यवहिताः प्रत्यन्तरारण्यचराश्चाटविकाः प्रकाशा दृस्याश्चरन्ति एकदेशघातकाश्च इत्याचार्याः ॥ कZ_०८.४.४१ ॥

Transliteration

pratirodhakāṭavikayoḥ pratirodhakā rātrisattracarāḥ śarīrākramiṇo nityāḥ śatasahasrāhapāriṇaḥ pradhānakopakāś ca vyavahitāḥ; pratyantarāraṇyacarāś cāṭavikāḥ prakāśā dṛśyāś caranti ekadeśaghātakāś ca ity ācāryāḥ.

Translation

关于“阻截者”（pratirodhaka）与林中部族/山林盗匪（āṭavika）：阻截者夜间游走，惯于袭击，持久不懈，能长期活动，并会激起要人之怒；其行动分散而隐蔽。āṭavika则居于边境森林，行动公开、易于看见，并且一次只袭击一处地方（有限区域）——诸师如是说。

Word by Word

प्रतिरोधक-आटविकयोःof the obstructors and the forest-men

प्रतिरोधकाःthe obstructors (highway/route blockers)

रात्रि-सत्त्र-चराःmoving about at night and in bands (raiding parties)

शरीर-आक्रमिणःattackers of persons (bodily assailants)

नित्याःhabitual/constant

शत-सहस्र-अह-पारिणःenduring for hundreds and thousands of days

प्रधान-कोपकाःprincipal instigators (chief irritants)

चand

व्यवहिताःseparated/hidden/operating indirectly

प्रत्यन्तर-अरण्य-चराःroaming in frontier forests

चand

आटविकाःthe forest-men (āṭavikas)

प्रकाशाःopen/manifest

दृश्याःvisible

चand

चरन्तिthey move about/operate

एक-देश-घातकाःattackers confined to one area

चand

इतिthus

आचार्याःthe teachers (authorities)

Entities Mentioned

pratirodhaka

āṭavika

pratyanta (frontier)

araṇya (forest)

pradhāna (leading officials/notables)

FAQs

How do pratirodhakas differ from āṭavikas operationally?

Pratirodhakas are covert, night-operating, persistent assailants who create elite/official backlash; āṭavikas are frontier-forest groups who move openly and strike limited localities.

What administrative value does this distinction provide?

It guides differentiated policing: covert surveillance and protection of officials for pratirodhakas; frontier patrols, forest control, and local defense for āṭavikas.