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 1.19

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[English text for this chapter is available]

rājānamutthitamanūttiṣṭhante bhṛtyāḥ || KAZ_01.19.01 ||

pramādyantamanupramādyanti || KAZ_01.19.02 ||

karmāṇi cāsya bhakṣayanti || KAZ_01.19.03 ||

dviṣadbhiścātisaṃdhīyate || KAZ_01.19.04 ||

tasmādutthānamātmanaḥ kurvīta || KAZ_01.19.05 ||

nālikābhiraharaṣṭadhā rātriṃ ca vibhajet chāyāpramāṇena vā || KAZ_01.19.06 ||

tripauruṣī pauruṣī caturaṅgulā naṣṭacchāyo madhyāhneti catvāraḥ pūrve divasasyāṣṭabhāgāḥ || KAZ_01.19.07 ||

taiḥ paścimā vyākhyātāḥ || KAZ_01.19.08 ||

tatra pūrve divasasyāṣṭabhāge rakṣāvidhānamāyavyayau ca śṛṇuyāt || KAZ_01.19.09 ||

dvitīye paurajānapadānāṃ kāryāṇi paśyet || KAZ_01.19.10 ||

tṛtīye snānabhojanaṃ seveta svādhyāyaṃ ca kurvīta || KAZ_01.19.11 ||

caturthe hiraṇyapratigrahamadhyakṣāṃśca kurvīta || KAZ_01.19.12 ||

pañcame mantripariṣadā pattrasampreṣaṇena mantrayeta cāraguhyabodhanīyāni ca budhyeta || KAZ_01.19.13 ||

ṣaṣṭhe svairavihāraṃ mantraṃ vā seveta || KAZ_01.19.14 ||

saptame hastyaśvarathāyudhīyānpaśyet || KAZ_01.19.15 ||

aṣṭame senāpatisakho vikramaṃ cintayet || KAZ_01.19.16 ||

pratiṣṭhite'hani saṃdhyāmupāsīta || KAZ_01.19.17 ||

prathame rātribhāge gūḍhapuruṣānpaśyet || KAZ_01.19.18 ||

dvitīye snānabhojanaṃ kurvīta svādhyāyaṃ ca || KAZ_01.19.19 ||

tṛtīye tūryaghoṣeṇa saṃviṣṭaścaturthapañcamau śayīta || KAZ_01.19.20 ||

ṣaṣṭhe tūryaghoṣeṇa pratibuddhaḥ śāstramitikartavyatāṃ ca cintayet || KAZ_01.19.21 ||

saptame mantramadhyāsīta gūḍhapuruṣāṃśca preṣayet || KAZ_01.19.22 ||

aṣṭame ṛtvigācāryapurohitasvastyayanāni pratigṛhṇīyāt cikitsakamāhānasikamauhūrtikāṃśca paśyet || KAZ_01.19.23 ||

savastāṃ dhenuṃ vṛṣabhaṃ ca pradakṣiṇīkṛtyopasthānaṃ gacchet || KAZ_01.19.24 ||

ātmabalānukūlyena vā niśāharbhāgānpravibhajya kāryāṇi seveta || KAZ_01.19.25 ||

upasthānagataḥ kāryārthināmadvārāsaṅgaṃ kārayet || KAZ_01.19.26 ||

durdarśo hi rājā kāryākāryaviparyāsamāsannaiḥ kāryate || KAZ_01.19.27 ||

tena prakṛtikopamarivaśaṃ vā gacchet || KAZ_01.19.28 ||

tasmāddevatāśramapāṣaṇḍaśrotriyapaśupuṇyasthānānāṃ bālavṛddhavyādhitavyasanyanāthānāṃ strīṇāṃ ca krameṇa kāryāṇi paśyetkāryagauravādātyayikavaśena vā || KAZ_01.19.29 ||

sarvamātyayikaṃ kāryaṃ śṛṇuyānnātipātayet || KAZ_01.19.30ab ||

kṛcchrasādhyamatikrāntamasādhyaṃ vāpi jāyate || KAZ_01.19.30cd ||

agnyagāragataḥ kāryaṃ paśyedvaidyatapasvinām || KAZ_01.19.31ab ||

purohitācāryasakhaḥ pratyutthāyābhivādya ca || KAZ_01.19.31cd ||

tapasvināṃ tu kāryāṇi traividyaiḥ saha kārayet || KAZ_01.19.32ab ||

māyāyogavidāṃ caiva na svayaṃ kopakāraṇāt || KAZ_01.19.32cd ||

rājño hi vratamutthānaṃ yajñaḥ kāryānuśāsanam || KAZ_01.19.33ab ||

dakṣiṇā vṛttisāmyaṃ tu dīkṣā tasyābhiṣecanam || KAZ_01.19.33cd ||

prajāsukhe sukhaṃ rājñaḥ prajānāṃ ca hite hitam || KAZ_01.19.34ab ||

nātmapriyaṃ hitaṃ rājñaḥ prajānāṃ tu priyaṃ hitam || KAZ_01.19.34cd ||

tasmānnityotthito rājā kuryādarthānuśāsanam || KAZ_01.19.35ab ||

arthasya mūlamutthānamanarthasya viparyayaḥ || KAZ_01.19.35cd ||

anutthāne dhruvo nāśaḥ prāptasyānāgatasya ca || KAZ_01.19.36ab ||

prāpyate phalamutthānāl labhate cārthasampadam || KAZ_01.19.36cd ||

ṛegulations for the royal resideñce ||

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 1.19

The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
by R.P. Kangle (2019)

[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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by Acharya Vishnu Gupta (आचार्य विष्णु गुप्त) (1991)

1947 pages; Set of 4 Volumes; [Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]

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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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