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 2.25

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[English text for this chapter is available]

surādhyakṣaḥ surākiṇvavyavahārāndurge janapade skandhāvāre vā tajjātasurākiṇvavyavahāribhiḥ kārayedekamukhamanekamukhaṃ vā vikrayakrayavaśena vā ||

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ṣaṭśatamatyayamanyatra kartṛkretṛvikretṛṛṇāṃ sthāpayet || KAZ_02.25.02 ||

grāmādanirṇayaṇamasampātaṃ ca surāyāḥ pramādabhayātkarmasu ñjirdiṣṭānāṃ maryādātikramabhayādāryāṇāmutsāhabhayācca tīṣkṇānām || KAZ_02.25.03 ||

lakṣitamalpaṃ vā caturbhāgamardhakuḍubaṃ kuḍubamardhaprasthaṃ prasthaṃ veti jñātaśaucā nirhareyuḥ || KAZ_02.25.04 ||

pānāgāreṣu vā pibeyurasaṃcāriṇaḥ || KAZ_02.25.05 ||

nikṣepopanidhiprayogāpahṛtānāmaniṣṭopagatānāṃ ca dravyāṇāṃ jñānārthamasvāmikaṃ kupyaṃ hiraṇyaṃ copalabhya niṣkeptāramanyatra vyapadeśena grāhayedativyayakartāramanāyativyayaṃ ca || KAZ_02.25.06 ||

na cānargheṇa kālikāṃ vā surāṃ dadyādanyatra duṣṭasurāyāḥ || KAZ_02.25.07 ||

tāmanyatra vikrāpayet || KAZ_02.25.08 ||

dāsakarmakarebhyo vā vetanaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_02.25.09 ||

vāhanapratipānaṃ sūkarapoṣaṇaṃ vā dadyāt || KAZ_02.25.10 ||

pānāgārāṇyanekakakṣyāṇi vibhaktaśayanāsanavanti pānoddeśāni gandhamālyodakavanti ṛtusukhāni kārayet || KAZ_02.25.11 ||

tatrasthāḥ prakṛtyautpattikau vyayau gūḍhā vidyuḥ āgantūṃśca || KAZ_02.25.12 ||

kretṛṛṇāṃ mattasuptānāmalaṅkārācchādanahiraṇyāni ca vidyuḥ || KAZ_02.25.13 ||

tannāśe vaṇijastacca tāvacca daṇḍaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.25.14 ||

vaṇijaśstu saṃvṛteṣu kakṣyāvibhāgeṣu svadāsībhiḥ peśalarūpābhirāgantūnāṃ vāstavyānāṃ cāryarūpāṇāṃ mattasuptānāṃ bhāvaṃ vidyuḥ || KAZ_02.25.15 ||

medakaprasannāsavāriṣṭamaireyamadhūnām || KAZ_02.25.16 ||

udakadroṇaṃ taṇḍulānāmardhāḍhakaṃ trayaḥ prasthāḥ kiṇvasyeti medakayogaḥ || KAZ_02.25.17 ||

dvādaśāḍhakaṃ piṣṭasya pañca prasthāḥ kiṇvasya kramukatvakphalayukto vā jātisambhāraḥ prasannāyogaḥ || KAZ_02.25.18 ||

kapitthatulā phāṇitaṃ pañcataulikaṃ prastho madhuna ityāsavayogaḥ || KAZ_02.25.19 ||

pādadhiko jyeṣṭhaḥ pādahīnaḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ || KAZ_02.25.20 ||

cikitsakapramāṇāḥ pratyekaśo vikārāṇāmariṣṭāḥ || KAZ_02.25.21 ||

meṣaśṛṅgītvakkvāthābhiṣuto guḍapratīvāpaḥ pippalīmaricasambhārastriphalāyukto vā maireyaḥ || KAZ_02.25.22 ||

guḍayuktānāṃ vā sarveṣāṃ triphalāsambhāraḥ || KAZ_02.25.23 ||

mṛdvīkāraso madhu || KAZ_02.25.24 ||

tasya svadeśo vyākhyānaṃ kāpiśāyanaṃ hārahūrakamiti || KAZ_02.25.25 ||

māṣakalanīdroṇamāmaṃ siddhaṃ vā tribhāgādhikataṇḍulaṃ moraṭādīnāṃ kārṣikabhāgayuktaṃ kiṇvabandhaḥ || KAZ_02.25.26 ||

pāṭhāloghratejovatyelāvālukamadhukamadhurasāpriyaṅgudāruharidrāmaricapippalīnāṃ ca pañcakārṣikaḥ sambhārayogo medakasya prasannāyāśca || KAZ_02.25.27 ||

madhukaniryūhayuktā kaṭaśarkarā varṇaprasādanī ca || KAZ_02.25.28 ||

cocacitrakavilaṅgagajapippalīnāṃ ca kārṣikaḥ kramukamadhukamustālodhrāṇāṃ dvikārṣikaścāsavasambhāraḥ || KAZ_02.25.29 ||

daśabhāgaścaiṣāṃ bījabandhaḥ || KAZ_02.25.30 ||

prasannāyogaḥ śvetasurāyāḥ || KAZ_02.25.31 ||

sahakārasurā rasottarā bījottarā vā mahāsurā sambhārikī vā || KAZ_02.25.32 ||

tāsāṃ moraṭāpalāśapattūrameṣaśṛṅgīkarañjakṣīravṛkṣakaṣāyabhāvitaṃ dagdhakaṭaśarkarācūrṇaṃ loghracitrakavilaṅgapāṭhāmustākaliṅgayavadāruharidrendīvaraśatapuṣpāpāmārgasaptaparṇanimbāsphotakalkārdhayuktamantarnakho muṣṭiḥ kumbhīṃ rājapeyāṃ prasādayati || KAZ_02.25.33 ||

phāṇitaḥ pañcapalikaścātra rasavṛddhirdeyaḥ || KAZ_02.25.34 ||

kuṭumbinaḥ kṛtyeṣu śvetasurāmauṣadhārthaṃ vāriṣṭamanyadvā kartuṃ labheran || KAZ_02.25.35 ||

utsavasamājayātrāsu caturahaḥ sauriko deyaḥ || KAZ_02.25.36 ||

teṣvananujñātānāṃ prahavanāntaṃ daivasikamatyayaṃ gṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.25.37 ||

surākiṇvavicayaṃ striyo bālāśca kuryuḥ || KAZ_02.25.38 ||

arājapaṇyāḥ pañcakaṃ śataṃ śulkaṃ dadyuḥ surakāmedakāriṣṭamadhuphalāmlāmlaśīdhūnāṃ ca || KAZ_02.25.39 ||

ahnaśca vikrayaṃ jñātvā vyājīṃ mānahiraṇyayoḥ || KAZ_02.25.40ab ||

tathā vaidharaṇaṃ kuryāducitaṃ cānuvartayet || KAZ_02.25.40cd ||

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[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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by Radhagovinda Basak (2015)

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

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