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 7.14

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[English text for this chapter is available]

sāmavāyikairevamabhiyukto vijigīṣuryasteṣāṃ pradhānastaṃ brūyāttvayā me saṃdhiḥ idaṃ hiraṇyamahaṃ ca mitram dviguṇā te vṛddhiḥ nārhasyātmakṣayeṇa

mitramukhānamitrānvardhayitumete hi vṛddhāstvāmeva paribhaviṣyanti iti || KAZ_07.14.01 ||

bhedaṃ vā brūyāt anapakāro yathāhametaiḥ sambhūyābhiyuktastathā tvāmapyete saṃhitabalāḥ svasthā vyasane vābhiyokṣyante balaṃ hi cittaṃ vikaroti tadeṣāṃ vighātaya iti || KAZ_07.14.02 ||

bhinneṣu pradhānamupagṛhya hīneṣu vikramayet hīnānanugrāhya vā pradhāne yathā vā śreyo'bhimanyeta tathā || KAZ_07.14.03 ||

vairaṃ vā parairgrāhayitvā visaṃvādayet || KAZ_07.14.04 ||

phalabhūyastvena vā pradhānamupajāpya saṃdhiṃ kārayet || KAZ_07.14.05 ||

athobhayavetanāḥ phalabhūyastvaṃ darśayantaḥ sāmavāyikānatisaṃhitāḥ stha ityudddūṣayeyuḥ || KAZ_07.14.06 ||

duṣṭeṣu saṃdhiṃ dūṣayet || KAZ_07.14.07 ||

athobhayavetanā bhūyo bhedameṣāṃ kuryuḥ evaṃ tad yadasmābhirdarśitamiti || KAZ_07.14.08 ||

bhinneṣvanyatamopagraheṇa ceṣṭeta || KAZ_07.14.09 ||

pradhānābhāve sāmavāyikānāmutsāhayitāraṃ sthirakarmāṇamanuraktaprakṛktiṃ lobhādbhayādvā saṃghātamupāgataṃ vijigīṣorbhītaṃ rājyapratisambaddhaṃ mitraṃ calāmitraṃ vā pūrvānuttarābhāve sādhayet utsāhayitāramātmanisargeṇa sthirakarmāṇaṃ sāntvapraṇipātena anuraktaprakṛtiṃ kanyādānayāpanābhyām lubdhamaṃśadvaiguṇyena bhītamebhyaḥ kośadaṇḍānugraheṇa svato bhītaṃ viśvāsya pratibhūpradānena rājyapratisambaddhamekībhāvopagamanena mitramubhayataḥ priyahitābhyāmupakāratyāgena vā calāmitramavadhṛtamanapakāropakārābhyām || KAZ_07.14.10 ||

yo vā yathāyogaṃ bhajeta taṃ tathā sādhayetsāmadānabhedadaṇḍairvā yathāpatsu vyākhyāsyāmaḥ || KAZ_07.14.11 ||

vyasanopaghātatvarito vā kośadaṇḍābhyāṃ deśe kāle kārye vāvadhṛtaṃ saṃdhimupeyāt || KAZ_07.14.12 ||

kṛtasaṃdhirhīnamātmānaṃ pratikurvīta || KAZ_07.14.13 ||

pakṣe hīno bandhumitrapakṣaṃ kurvīta durgamaviṣahyaṃ vā || KAZ_07.14.14 ||

durgamitrapratiṣṭabdho hi sveṣāṃ pareṣāṃ ca pūjyo bhavati || KAZ_07.14.15 ||

mantraśaktihīnaḥ prājñapuruṣopacayaṃ vidyāvṛddhasamyogaṃ vā kurvīta || KAZ_07.14.16 ||

tathā hi sadyaḥ śreyaḥ prāpnoti || KAZ_07.14.17 ||

prabhāvahīnaḥ prakṛtiyogakṣemasiddhau yateta || KAZ_07.14.18 ||

janapadaḥ sarvakarmaṇāṃ yoniḥ tataḥ prabhāvaḥ || KAZ_07.14.19 ||

tasya sthānamātmanaścāpadi durgam || KAZ_07.14.20 ||

setubandhaḥ sasyānāṃ yoniḥ || KAZ_07.14.21 ||

nityānuṣakto hi varṣaguṇalābhaḥ setuvāpeṣu || KAZ_07.14.22 ||

vaṇikpathaḥ parātisaṃdhānasya yoniḥ || KAZ_07.14.23 ||

vaṇikpathena hi daṇḍagūḍhapuruṣātinayanaṃ śastrāvaraṇayānavāhanakrayaśca kriyate praveśo nirṇayanaṃ ca || KAZ_07.14.24 ||

khaniḥ saṃgrāmopakaraṇānāṃ yoniḥ dravyavanaṃ durgakarmaṇāṃ yānarathayośca hastivanaṃ hastināṃ gavāśvakharoṣṭrāṇāṃ ca vrajaḥ || KAZ_07.14.25 ||

teṣāmalābhe bandhumitrakulebhyaḥ samārjanam || KAZ_07.14.26 ||

utsāhahīnaḥ śreṇīpravīrapuruṣāṇāṃ coragaṇāṭavikamlecchajātīnāṃ parāpakāriṇāṃ gūḍhapuruṣāṇāṃ ca yathālābbhamupacayaṃ kurvīta || KAZ_07.14.27 ||

paramiśrāpratīkāramābalīyasaṃ vā pareṣu prayuñjīta || KAZ_07.14.28 ||

evaṃ pakṣeṇa mantreṇa dravyeṇa ca balena ca || KAZ_07.14.29ab ||

sampannaḥ pratinirgacchetparāvagrahamātmanaḥ || KAZ_07.14.29cd ||

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[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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

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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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