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 7.13

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[English text for this chapter is available]

saṃhatyārivijigīṣvoramitrayoḥ parābhiyoginoḥ pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇatoryaḥ śaktisampannasya pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.01 ||

śaktisampanno hyamitramucchidya pārṣṇigrāhamucchindyāt na hīnaśaktiralabdhalābhaḥ || KAZ_07.13.02 ||

śaktisāmye yo vipulārambhasya pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.03 ||

vipulārambho hyamitramucchidya pārṣṇigrāhamucchindyāt nālpārambhaḥ saktacakraḥ || KAZ_07.13.04 ||

ārambhasāmye yaḥ sarvasaṃdohena prayātasya pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.05 ||

śūnyamūlo hyasya sukaro bhavati naikadeśabalaprayātaḥ kṛtapārṣṇipratividhānaḥ || KAZ_07.13.06 ||

balopādānasāmye yaścalāmitraṃ prayātasya pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.07 ||

calāmitraṃ prayāto hi sukhenāvāptasiddhiḥ pārṣṇigrāhamucchindyāt na sthitāmitraṃ prayātaḥ || KAZ_07.13.08 ||

asau hi durgapratihataḥ pārṣṇigrāhe ca pratinivṛttaḥ sthitenāmitreṇāvagṛhyate || KAZ_07.13.09 ||

tena pūrve vyākhyātāḥ || KAZ_07.13.10 ||

śatrusāmye yo dhārmikābhiyoginaḥ pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.11 ||

dhārmikābhiyogī hi sveṣāṃ pareṣāṃ ca dveṣyo bhavati adhārmikābhiyogī sampriyaḥ || KAZ_07.13.12 ||

tena mūlaharatādātvikakadaryābhiyogināṃ pārṣṇigrahaṇaṃ vyākhyātam || KAZ_07.13.13 ||

mitrābhiyoginoḥ pārṣṇigrahaṇe ta eva hetavaḥ || KAZ_07.13.14 ||

mitramamitraṃ cābhiyuñjānayoryo mitrābhiyoginaḥ pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.15 ||

mitrābhiyogī hi sukhenāvāptasiddhiḥ pārṣṇigrāhamucchindyāt || KAZ_07.13.16 ||

sukaro hi mitreṇa saṃdhirnāmitreṇa || KAZ_07.13.17 ||

mitramamitraṃ coddharatoryo'mitroddhāriṇaḥ pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇāti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.18 ||

vṛddhamitro hyamitroddhārī pārṣṇigrāhamucchindyāt netaraḥ svapakṣopaghātī || KAZ_07.13.19 ||

tayoralabdhalābhāpagamane yasyāmitro mahato lābhādviyuktaḥ kṣayavyayādhiko vā sa pārṣṇigrāho'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.20 ||

labdhalābhāpagamane yasyāmitro lābhena śaktyā hīnaḥ sa pārṣṇigrāho'tisaṃdhatte yasya vā yātavyaḥ śatrorvigrahāpakārasamarthaḥ syāt || KAZ_07.13.21 ||

pārṣṇigrāhayorapi yaḥ śakyārambhabalopādānādhikaḥ sthitaśatruḥ pārśvasthāyī vā so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.22 ||

pārśvasthāyī hi yātavyābhisāro mūlābādhakaśca bhavati mūlābādhaka eva paścātsthāyī || KAZ_07.13.23 ||

pārṣṇigrāhāstrayo jñeyāḥ śatrośceṣṭānirodhakāḥ || KAZ_07.13.24ab ||

sāmantaḥ pṛṣṭhato vargaḥ prativeśau ca pārśvayoḥ || KAZ_07.13.24cd ||

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pratighāto balavato durgāṭavyapasāravān || KAZ_07.13.25cd ||

madhyamaṃ tvarivijigīṣvorlipsamānayormadhyamasya pārṣṇiṃ gṛhṇatorlabdhalābhāpagamane yo madhyamaṃ mitrādviyojayatyamitraṃ ca mitramāpnoti so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.26 ||

saṃdheyaśca śatrurupakurvāṇo na mitraṃ mitrabhāvādutkrāntam || KAZ_07.13.27 ||

tenodāsīnalipsā vyākhyātā || KAZ_07.13.28 ||

pārṣṇigrahaṇābhiyānayostu mantrayuddhādabhyuccayaḥ || KAZ_07.13.29 ||

vyāyāmayuddhe hi kṣayavyayābhyāmubhayoravṛddhiḥ || KAZ_07.13.30 ||

jitvāpi hi kṣiṇadaṇḍakośaḥ parājito bhavati ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_07.13.31 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_07.13.32 ||

sumahatāpi kṣayavyayena śatruvināśo'bhyupagantavyaḥ || KAZ_07.13.33 ||

tulye kṣayavyaye yaḥ purastāddūṣyabalaṃ ghātayitvā nihśalyaḥ paścādvaśyabalo yudhyeta so'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.34 ||

dvayorapi purastāddūṣyabalaghātinoryo bahulataraṃ śaktimattaramatyantadūṣyaṃ ca ghātayetso'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_07.13.35 ||

tenāmitrāṭavībalaghāto vyākhyātaḥ || KAZ_07.13.36 ||

pārṣṇigrāho'bhiyoktā vā yātavyo vā yadā bhavet || KAZ_07.13.37ab ||

vijigīṣustadā tatra netrametatsamācaret || KAZ_07.13.37cd ||

pārṣṇigrāho bhavennetā śatrormitrābhiyoginaḥ || KAZ_07.13.38ab ||

vigrāhya pūrvamākrandaṃ pārṣṇigrāhābhisāriṇā || KAZ_07.13.38cd ||

ākrandenābhiyuñjānaḥ pārṣṇigrāhaṃ nivārayet || KAZ_07.13.39ab ||

tathākrandābhisāreṇa pārṣṇigrāhābhisāriṇam || KAZ_07.13.39cd ||

arimitreṇa mitraṃ ca purastādavaghaṭṭayet || KAZ_07.13.40ab ||

mitramitramareścāpi mitramitreṇa vārayet || KAZ_07.13.40cd ||

mitreṇa grāhayetpārṣṇimabhiyukto'bhiyoginaḥ || KAZ_07.13.41ab ||

mitramitreṇa cākrandaṃ pārṣṇigrāhānnivārayet || KAZ_07.13.41cd ||

evaṃ maṇḍalamātmārthaṃ vijigīṣurniveśayet || KAZ_07.13.42ab ||

pṛṣṭhataśca purastācca mitraprakṛtisampadā || KAZ_07.13.42cd ||

kṛtsne ca maṇḍale nityaṃ dūtān gūḍhāṃśca vāsayet || KAZ_07.13.43ab ||

mitrabhūtaḥ sapatnānāṃ hatvā hatvā ca saṃvṛtaḥ || KAZ_07.13.43cd ||

asaṃvṛtasya kāryāṇi prāptānyapi viśeṣataḥ || KAZ_07.13.44ab ||

nihsaṃśayaṃ vipadyante bhinnaplava ivodadhau || KAZ_07.13.44cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 7.13

The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
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[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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A Dictionary of Technical Terms in Kautilya's Arthasastra
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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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The Arthasastra of Kautilya (Bengali Translation)
by Radhagovinda Basak (2015)

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

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Arthasastra of Kautilya (Hindi Translation)
by Vachaspati Gairola (वाचस्पति गैरोला) (2017)

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

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