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 5.5

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[English text for this chapter is available]

niyuktaḥ karmasu vyayaviśuddhamudayaṃ darśayet || KAZ_05.5.01 ||

ābhyantaraṃ bāhyaṃ guhyaṃ prakāśyamātyayikamupekṣitavyaṃ vā kāryaṃ idamevamiti viśeṣayecca || KAZ_05.5.02 ||

mṛgayādyūtamadyastrīṣu prasaktaṃ nainamanuvarteta praśaṃsābhiḥ || KAZ_05.5.03 ||

āsannaścāsya vyasanopaghāte prayateta paropajāpātisaṃdhānopadhibhyaśca rakṣet || KAZ_05.5.04 ||

iṅgitākārau cāsya lakṣayet || KAZ_05.5.05 ||

kāmadveṣaharṣadainyavyavasāyabhayadvandvaviparyāsamiṅgitākārābhyāṃ hi mantrasaṃvaraṇārthamācarati prājñaḥ || KAZ_05.5.06 ||

darśane prasīdati vākyaṃ pratigṛhṇāti āsanaṃ dadāti vivikto darśayate śaṅkāsthāne nātiśaṅkate kathāyāṃ ramate parijñāpyeṣvavekṣate pathyamuktaṃ sahate smayamāno niyuṅkte hastena spṛśati ślāghye nopahasati parokṣaṃ guṇaṃ bravīti bhakṣyeṣu smarati saha vihāraṃ yāti vyasane'bhyupapadyate tadbhaktīnpūjayati guhyamācaṣṭe mānaṃ vardhayati arthaṃ karoti anarthaṃ pratihanti iti tuṣṭajñānam || KAZ_05.5.07 ||

etadeva viparītamatuṣṭasya bhūyaśca vakṣyāmaḥ || KAZ_05.5.08 ||

saṃdarśane kopaḥ vākyasyāśravaṇapratiṣedhau āsanacakṣuṣoradānam varṇasvarabhedaḥ ekākṣibhrukuṭyoṣṭhanirbhogaḥ svedaśvāsasmitānāmasthānotpattiḥ paramantraṇamakasmādvrajanam vardhanamanyasya bhūmigātravilekhanamanyasyopatodanam vidyāvarṇadeśakutsā samadoṣanindā pratidoṣanindā pratilomastavaḥ sukṛtānavekṣaṇam duṣkṛtānukīrtanam pṛṣṭhāvadhānamatityāgaḥ mithyābhibhāṣaṇam rājadarśināṃ ca tadvṛttānyatvam || KAZ_05.5.09 ||

vṛttivikāraṃ cāvekṣetāpyamānuṣāṇām || KAZ_05.5.10 ||

ayamuccaiḥ siñcati iti kātyāyanaḥ pravavrāja krauñco'pasavyamiti kaṇiṅko bhāradvājaḥ tṛṇamiti dīrghaścārāyaṇaḥ śītā śāṭī iti ghoṭamukhaḥ hastī pratyaukṣīt iti kiñjalkaḥ rathāśvaṃ prāśaṃsīt iti piśunaḥ pratiravaṇe śunaḥ piśunaputraḥ || KAZ_05.5.11 ||

arthamānāvakṣepe ca parityāgaḥ || KAZ_05.5.12 ||

svāmiśīlamātmanaśca kilbiṣamupalabhya vā pratikurvīta || KAZ_05.5.13 ||

mitramupakṛṣṭaṃ vāsya gacchet || KAZ_05.5.14 ||

tatrastho doṣanirghātaṃ mitrairbhartari cācaret || KAZ_05.5.15ab ||

tato bhartari jīve vā mṛte vā punarāvrajet || KAZ_05.5.15cd ||

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