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 1.16

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[English text for this chapter is available]

udvṛttamantro dūtapraṇidhiḥ || KAZ_01.16.01 ||

amātyasampadopeto nisṛṣṭārthaḥ || KAZ_01.16.02 ||

pādaguṇahīnaḥ parimitārthaḥ || KAZ_01.16.03 ||

ardhaguṇahīnaḥ śāsanaharaḥ || KAZ_01.16.04 ||

suprativihitayānavāhanapuruṣaparivāpaḥ pratiṣṭheta || KAZ_01.16.05 ||

śāsanamevaṃ vācyaḥ paraḥ sa vakṣyatyevam tasyedaṃ prativākyamevamatisaṃdhātavyamityadhīyāno gacchet || KAZ_01.16.06 ||

aṭavyantapālapurarāṣṭramukhyaiśca pratisaṃsargaṃ gacchet || KAZ_01.16.07 ||

anīkasthānayuddhapratigrahāpasārabhūmīrātmanaḥ parasya cāvekṣeta || KAZ_01.16.08 ||

durgarāṣṭrapramāṇaṃ sāravṛttigupticchidrāṇi copalabheta || KAZ_01.16.09 ||

parādhiṣṭhānamanujñātaḥ praviśet || KAZ_01.16.10 ||

śāsanaṃ ca yathoktaṃ brūyātprāṇābādhe'pi dṛṣṭe || KAZ_01.16.11 ||

parasya vāci vaktre dṛṣṭyāṃ ca prasādaṃ vākyapūjanamiṣṭaparipraśnaṃ guṇakathāsaṅgamāsannamāsanaṃ satkāramiṣṭeṣu smaraṇaṃ viśvāsagamanaṃ ca lakṣayettuṣṭasya viparītamatuṣṭasya || KAZ_01.16.12 ||

taṃ brūyātdūtamukhā hi rājānaḥ tvaṃ cānye ca || KAZ_01.16.13 ||

tasmādudyateṣvapi śastreṣu yathoktaṃ vaktāro dūtāḥ || KAZ_01.16.14 ||

teṣāmantāvasāyino'pyavadhyāḥ kimaṅga punarbrāhmaṇāḥ || KAZ_01.16.15 ||

parasyaitadvākyam || KAZ_01.16.16 ||

eṣa dūtadharmaḥ iti || KAZ_01.16.17 ||

vasedavisṛṣṭaḥ pūjayā notsiktaḥ || KAZ_01.16.18 ||

pareṣu balitvaṃ na manyeta || KAZ_01.16.19 ||

vākyamaniṣṭaṃ saheta || KAZ_01.16.20 ||

striyaḥ pānaṃ ca varjayet || KAZ_01.16.21 ||

ekaḥ śayīta || KAZ_01.16.22 ||

suptamattayorhi bhāvajñānaṃ dṛṣṭam || KAZ_01.16.23 ||

kṛtyapakṣopajāpamakṛtyapakṣe gūḍhapraṇidhānaṃ rāgāparāgau bhartari randhraṃ ca prakṛtīnāṃ tāpasavaidehakavyañjanābhyāmupalabheta tayorantevāsibhiścikitsakapāṣaṇḍavyañjanobhayavetanairvā || KAZ_01.16.24 ||

teṣāmasambhāṣāyāṃ yācakamattonmattasuptapralāpaiḥ puṇyasthānadevagṛhacitralekhyasaṃjñābhirvā cāramupalabheta || KAZ_01.16.25 ||

upalabdhasyopajāpamupeyāt || KAZ_01.16.26 ||

pareṇa coktaḥ svāsāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ pramāṇaṃ nācakṣīta || KAZ_01.16.27 ||

sarvaṃ veda bhavāniti brūyātkāryasiddhikaraṃ vā || KAZ_01.16.28 ||

kāryasyāsiddhāv uparudhyamānastarkayetkiṃ bharturme vyasanamāsannaṃ paśyan svaṃ vā vyasanaṃ pratikartukāmaḥ pārṣṇigrāhamāsāramantaḥkopamāṭavikaṃ vā samutthāpayitukāmaḥ mitramākrandaṃ vā vyāghātayitukāmaḥ svaṃ vā parato vigrahamantaḥkopamāṭavikaṃ vā pratikartukāmaḥ saṃsiddhaṃ vā me bharturyātrākālamabhihantukāmaḥ sasyapaṇyakupyasaṃgrahaṃ durgakarma balasamuddānaṃ vā kartukāmaḥ svasainyānāṃ vā vyāyāmasya deśakālāvākāṅkṣamāṇaḥ paribhavapramādābhyāṃ vā saṃsargānubandhārthī vā māmuparuṇaddhi iti || KAZ_01.16.29 ||

jñātvā vasedapasaredvā || KAZ_01.16.30 ||

prayojanamiṣṭamavekṣeta vā || KAZ_01.16.31 ||

śāsanamaniṣṭamuktvā bandhavadhabhayādavisṛṣṭo'pyapagacchet anyathā niyamyeta || KAZ_01.16.32 ||

preṣaṇaṃ saṃdhipālatvaṃ pratāpo mitrasaṃgrahaḥ || KAZ_01.16.33ab ||

upajāpaḥ suhṛdbhedo gūḍhadaṇḍātisāraṇam || KAZ_01.16.33cd ||

bandhuratnāpaharaṇaṃ cārajñānaṃ parākramaḥ || KAZ_01.16.34ab ||

samādhimokṣo dūtasya karma yogasya cāśrayaḥ || KAZ_01.16.34cd ||

svadūtaiḥ kārayedetatparadūtāṃśca rakṣayet || KAZ_01.16.35ab ||

pratidūtāpasarpābhyāṃ dṛśyādṛśyaiśca rakṣibhiḥ || KAZ_01.16.35cd ||

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