Kautilya Arthashastra [sanskrit]

37,100 words | ISBN-13: 9788171106417

The Sanskrit edition of Kautilya’s Arthashastra, an ancient encyclopedic treatise dealing with the ssience of politics, economics and warfare. Other topics include internal and foreign affairs, civil, military, commercial, fiscal, judicial, tables of weights, measures of length and divisions of time. Kautilya is also named Vishnugupta and Chanakya and his Artha-shastra can be dated to 321-296 B.C. Original title: Kauṭilya-Arthaśāstra (कौटिल्य-अर्थशास्त्र).

Chapter 1.13

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[English text for this chapter is available]

kṛtamahāmātrāpasarpaḥ paurajānapadānapasarpayet || KAZ_01.13.01 ||

sattriṇo dvandvinastīrthasabhāpūgajanasamavāyeṣu vivādaṃ kuryuḥ || KAZ_01.13.02 ||

sarvaguṇasampannaścāyaṃ rājā śrūyate na cāsya kaścidguṇo dṛśyate yaḥ paurajānapadāndaṇḍakarābhyāṃ pīḍayati iti || KAZ_01.13.03 ||

tatra ye'nupraśaṃseyustānitarastaṃ ca pratiṣedhayet || KAZ_01.13.04 ||

mātsyanyāyābhibhūtāḥ prajā manuṃ vaivasvataṃ rājānaṃ cakrire || KAZ_01.13.05 ||

dhānyaṣaḍbhāgaṃ paṇyadaśabhāgaṃ hiraṇyaṃ cāsya bhāgadheyaṃ prakalpayāmāsuḥ || KAZ_01.13.06 ||

tena bhṛtā rājānaḥ prajānāṃ yogakṣemāvahāḥ || KAZ_01.13.07 ||

teṣāṃ kilbiṣamadaṇḍakarā harantyayogakṣemāvahāśca prajānām || KAZ_01.13.08 ||

tasmāduñchaṣaḍbhāgamāraṇyakāpi nirvapanti tasyaitadbhāgadheyaṃ yo'smān gopāyati iti || KAZ_01.13.09 ||

indrayamasthānametad rājānaḥ pratyakṣaheḍaprasādāḥ || KAZ_01.13.10 ||

tānavamanyamānāndaivo'pi daṇḍaḥ spṛśati || KAZ_01.13.11 ||

tasmād rājāno nāvamantavyāḥ || KAZ_01.13.12 ||

ityevaṃ kṣudrakānpratiṣedhayet || KAZ_01.13.13 ||

kiṃ vadantīṃ ca vidyuḥ || KAZ_01.13.14 ||

ye cāsya dhānyapaśuhiraṇyānyājīvanti tairupakurvanti vyasane'bhyudaye vā kupitaṃ bandhuṃ rāṣṭraṃ vā vyāvartayanti amitramāṭavikaṃ vā pratiṣedhayanti teṣāṃ muṇḍajaṭilavyañjanāstuṣṭātuṣṭatvaṃ vidyuḥ || KAZ_01.13.15 ||

tuṣṭānbhūyo'rthamānābhyāṃ pūjayet || KAZ_01.13.16 ||

atuṣṭāṃstuṣṭihetostyāgena sāmnā ca prasādayet || KAZ_01.13.17 ||

parasparādvā bhedayedenān sāmantāṭavikatatkulīnāparuddhebhyaśca || KAZ_01.13.18 ||

tathāpyatuṣyato daṇḍakarasādhanādhikāreṇa janapadavidveṣaṃ grāhayet || KAZ_01.13.19 ||

viviṣṭānupāṃśudaṇḍena janapadakopena vā sādhayet || KAZ_01.13.20 ||

guptaputradārānākarakarmānteṣu vā vāsayetpareṣāmāspadabhayāt || KAZ_01.13.21 ||

kruddhalubdhabhītamāninastu pareṣāṃ kṛtyāḥ || KAZ_01.13.22 ||

teṣāṃ kārtāntikanaimittikamauhūrtikavyañjanāḥ parasparābhisambandhamamitrāṭavikasambandhaṃ vā vidyuḥ || KAZ_01.13.23 ||

tuṣṭānarthamānābhyāṃ pūjayet || KAZ_01.13.24 ||

atuṣṭān sāmadānabhedadaṇḍaiḥ sādhayet || KAZ_01.13.25 ||

evaṃ svaviṣaye kṛtyānakṛtyāṃśca vicakṣaṇaḥ || KAZ_01.13.26ab ||

paropajāpātsamrakṣetpradhānān kṣudrakānapi || KAZ_01.13.26cd ||

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by Radhagovinda Basak (2015)

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by Vachaspati Gairola (वाचस्पति गैरोला) (2017)

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by Niteen R. Desai (નીતીન ર દેસાઈ) (2010)

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