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 3.14

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[English text for this chapter is available]

gṛhītvā vetanaṃ karmākurvato bhṛtakasya dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ saṃrodhaścākaraṇāt || KAZ_03.14.01 ||

aśaktaḥ kutsite karmaṇi vyādhau vyasane vānuśayaṃ labheta pareṇa vā kārayitum || KAZ_03.14.02 ||

tasyavyayakarmaṇā labheta bhartā vā kārayitum || KAZ_03.14.03 ||

nānyastvayā kārayitavyo mayā vā nānyasya kartavyamityavarodhe bharturakārayato bhṛtakasyākurvato vā dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.14.04 ||

karmaniṣṭhāpane bharturanyatra gṛhītavetano nāsakāmaḥ kuryāt || KAZ_03.14.05 ||

upasthitamakārayataḥ kṛtameva vidyādityācāryāḥ || KAZ_03.14.06 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_03.14.07 ||

kṛtasya vetanaṃ nākṛtasyāsti || KAZ_03.14.08 ||

sa cedalpamapi kārayitvā na kārayetkṛtamevāsya vidyāt || KAZ_03.14.09 ||

deśakālātipātanena karmaṇāmanyathākaraṇe vā nāsakāmaḥ kṛtamanumanyeta || KAZ_03.14.10 ||

sambhāṣitādadhikakriyāyāṃ prayāsaṃ na moghaṃ kuryāt || KAZ_03.14.11 ||

tena saṃghabhṛtā vyākhyātāḥ || KAZ_03.14.12 ||

teṣāmādhiḥ saptarātramāsīta || KAZ_03.14.13 ||

tato'nyamupasthāpayetkarmaniṣpākaṃ ca || KAZ_03.14.14 ||

na cānivedya bhartuḥ saṃghaḥ kaṃcitpariharedupanayedvā || KAZ_03.14.15 ||

tasyātikrame caturviṃśatipaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.14.16 ||

saṃghena parihṛtasyārdhadaṇḍaḥ | iti bhṛtakādhikāraḥ || KAZ_03.14.17 ||

saṃghabhṛtāḥ sambhūyasamutthātāro vā yathāsambhāṣitaṃ vetanaṃ samaṃ vā vibhajeran || KAZ_03.14.18 ||

karṣaṇavaidehakā vā sasyapaṇyārambhaparyavasānāntare sannasya yathākṛtasya karmaṇaḥ pratyaṃśaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_03.14.19 ||

puruṣopasthāne samagramaṃśaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_03.14.20 ||

saṃsiddhe tūddhṛtapaṇye sannasya tadānīmeva pratyaṃśaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_03.14.21 ||

sāmānyā hi pathisiddhiścāsiddhiśca || KAZ_03.14.22 ||

prakrānte tu karmaṇi svasthasyāpakrāmato dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.14.23 ||

na ca prākāmyamapakramaṇe || KAZ_03.14.24 ||

coraṃ tvabhayapūrvaṃ karmaṇaḥ pratyaṃśena grāhayeddadyātpratyaṃśamabhayaṃ ca || KAZ_03.14.25 ||

punaḥsteye pravāsanamanyatragamane ca || KAZ_03.14.26 ||

mahāparādhe tu dūṣyavadācaret || KAZ_03.14.27 ||

yājakāḥ svāpracāradravyavarjaṃ yathāsambhāṣitaṃ vetanaṃ samaṃ vā vibhajeran || KAZ_03.14.28 ||

agniṣṭomādiṣu ca kratuṣu dīkṣaṇādūrdhvaṃ tṛtīyamaṃśaṃ madhyamopasada ūrdhvamardhamaṃśaṃ sutye prātaḥsavanādūrdhvaṃ pādonamaṃśam || KAZ_03.14.29 ||

mādhyandinātsavanādūrdhvaṃ samagramaṃśaṃ labheta || KAZ_03.14.30 ||

nītā hi dakṣiṇā bhavanti || KAZ_03.14.31 ||

bṛhaspatisavavarjaṃ pratisavanaṃ hi dakṣiṇā dīyante || KAZ_03.14.32 ||

tenāhargaṇadakṣiṇā vyākhyātāḥ || KAZ_03.14.33 ||

sanānāmādaśāhorātrāccheṣabhṛtāḥ karma kuryuḥ anye vā svapratyayāḥ || KAZ_03.14.34 ||

karmaṇyasamāpte tu yajamānaḥ sīdedṛtvijaḥ karma samāpayya dakṣiṇāṃ hareyuḥ || KAZ_03.14.35 ||

asamāpte tu karmaṇi yājyaṃ yājakaṃ vā tyajataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_03.14.36 ||

anāhitāgniḥ śataguruyajvā ca sahasraguḥ || KAZ_03.14.37ab ||

surāpo vṛṣalībhartā brahmahā gurutalpagaḥ || KAZ_03.14.37cd ||

asatpratigrahe yuktaḥ stenaḥ kutsitayājakaḥ || KAZ_03.14.38ab ||

adoṣastyaktumanyonyaṃ karmasaṃkaraniścayāt || KAZ_03.14.38cd ||

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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)

971 pages; Set of 2 Volumes; [Sanskrit Book Depot]

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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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