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 7.15

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[English text for this chapter is available]

durbalo rājā balavatābhiyuktastadviśiṣṭabalamāśrayeta yamitaro mantraśaktyā nātisaṃdadhyāt || KAZ_07.15.01 ||

tulyamantraśaktīnāmāyattasampado vṛddhasamyogādvā viśeṣaḥ || KAZ_07.15.02 ||

viśiṣṭabalābhāve samabalaistulyabalasaṃghairvā balavataḥ sambhūya tiṣṭhed yānna mantraprabhāvaśaktibhyāmatisaṃdadhyāt || KAZ_07.15.03 ||

tulyamantraprabhāvaśaktīnāṃ vipulārambhato viśeṣaḥ || KAZ_07.15.04 ||

samabalābhāve hīnabalaiḥ śucibhirutsāhibhiḥ pratyanīkabhūtairbalavataḥ sambhūya tiṣṭhed yānna mantraprabhāvotsāhaśaktibhiratisaṃdadhyāt || KAZ_07.15.05 ||

tulyotsāhaśaktīnāṃ svayuddhabhūmilābhādviśeṣaḥ || KAZ_07.15.06 ||

tulyabhūmīnāṃ svayuddhakālalābhādviśeṣaḥ || KAZ_07.15.07 ||

tulyadeśakālānāṃ yugyaśastrāvaraṇato viśeṣaḥ || KAZ_07.15.08 ||

sahāyābhāve durgamāśrayeta yatrāmitraḥ prabhūtasainyo'pi bhaktayavasendhanodakoparodhaṃ na kuryātsvayaṃ ca kṣayavyayābhyāṃ yujyeta || KAZ_07.15.09 ||

tulyadurgāṇāṃ nicayāpasārato viśeṣaḥ || KAZ_07.15.10 ||

nicayāpasārasampannaṃ hi manuṣyadurgamicchediti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_07.15.11 ||

tadebhiḥ kārṇairāśrayeta pārṣṇigrāhamāsāraṃ madhyamamudāsīnaṃ vā pratipādayiṣyāmi sāmantāṭavikatatkulīnāparuddhānāmanyatamenāsya rājyaṃ hārayiṣyāmi ghātayiṣyāmi vā || KAZ_07.15.12a ||

kṛtyapakṣopagraheṇa vāsya durge rāṣṭre skandhāvāre vā kopaṃ samutthāpayiṣyāmi śastrāgnirasapraṇidhānairaupaniṣadikairvā yatheṣṭamāsannaṃ haniṣyāmi || KAZ_07.15.12b ||

svayaṃ adhiṣṭhitena vā yogapraṇidhānena kṣayavyayamenamupaneṣyāmi kṣayavyayapravāsopatapte vāsya mitravarge sainye vā krameṇopajāpaṃ prāpsyāmi || KAZ_07.15.12c ||

vīvadhāsāraprasāravadhena vāsya skandhāvārāvagrahaṃ kariṣyāmi daṇḍopanayena vāsya randhramutthāpya sarvasaṃdohena prahariṣyāmi pratihatotsāhena vā yatheṣṭaṃ saṃdhimavāpsyāmi mayi pratibaddhasya vā sarvataḥ kopāḥ samutthāsyanti || KAZ_07.15.12d ||

nirāsāraṃ vāsya mūlaṃ mitrāṭavīdaṇḍairuddhātayiṣyāmi mahato vā deśasya yogakṣemamihasthaḥ pālayiṣyāmi svavikṣiptaṃ mitravikṣiptaṃ vā me sainyamihasthasyaikasthamaviṣahyaṃ bhaviṣyati nimnakhātarātriyuddhaviśāradaṃ vā me sainyaṃ pathyābādhamuktamāsanne karma kariṣyati || KAZ_07.15.12e ||

viruddhadeśakālamihāgato vā svayameva kṣayavyayābhyāṃ na bhaviṣyati mahākṣayavyayābhigamyo'yaṃ deśo durgāṭavyapasārabāhulyāt || KAZ_07.15.12f ||

pareṣāṃ vyādhiprāyaḥ sainyavyāyāmānāmalabdhabhaumaśca tamāpadgataḥ pravekṣyati praviṣṭo vā na nirgamiṣyati iti || KAZ_07.15.12g ||

kāraṇābhāve balasamucchraye vā parasya durgamunmucyāpagacchet || KAZ_07.15.13 ||

agnipataṅgavadamitre vā praviśet || KAZ_07.15.14 ||

anyatarasiddhirhi tyaktātmano bhavati ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_07.15.15 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_07.15.16 ||

saṃdheyatāmātmanaḥ parasya copalabhya saṃdadhīta || KAZ_07.15.17 ||

viparyaye vikrameṇa saṃdhimapasāraṃ vā lipseta || KAZ_07.15.18 ||

saṃdheyasya vā dūtaṃ preṣayet || KAZ_07.15.19 ||

tena vā preṣitamarthamānābhyāṃ satkṛtya brūyāt idaṃ rājñaḥ paṇyāgāramidaṃ devīkumārāṇām devīkumāravacanāt idaṃ rājyamahaṃ ca tvadarpaṇaḥ iti || KAZ_07.15.20 ||

labdhasaṃśrayaḥ samayācārikavadbhartari varteta || KAZ_07.15.21 ||

durgādīni ca karmāṇi āvāhavivāhaputrābhiṣekāśvapaṇyahastigrahaṇasattrayātrāvihāragamanāni cānujñātaḥ kurvīta || KAZ_07.15.22 ||

svabhūmyavasthitaprakṛtisaṃdhimupaghātamapasṛteṣu vā sarvamanujñātaḥ kurvīta || KAZ_07.15.23 ||

duṣṭapaurajānapado vā nyāyavṛttiranyāṃ bhūmiṃ yāceta || KAZ_07.15.24 ||

duṣyavadupāṃśudaṇḍena vā pratikurvīta || KAZ_07.15.25 ||

ucitāṃ vā mitrādbhūmiṃ dīyamānāṃ na pratigṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_07.15.26 ||

mantripurohitasenāpatiyuvarājānāmanyatamamadṛśyamāne bhartari paśyet yathāśakti copakuryāt || KAZ_07.15.27 ||

daivatasvastivācaneṣu tatparā āśiṣo vācayet || KAZ_07.15.28 ||

sarvatrātmanisargaṃ guṇaṃ brūyāt || KAZ_07.15.29 ||

samyuktabalavatsevī viruddhaḥ śaṅkitādibhiḥ || KAZ_07.15.30ab ||

varteta daṇḍopanato bhartaryevamavasthitaḥ || KAZ_07.15.30cd ||

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Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 7.15

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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DSA (Sanskrit), Jadavpur University Series; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]

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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)

910 pages; कौटिलीय अर्थशास्त्रम् (संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद); [Publisher: Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan]

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

359 pages; [Philosophical-Cultural Test] કૌટિલીય અર્થશાસ્ત્ર (દાર્શનિક -સાંસ્કૃતિક પરીક્ષણ); [Publisher: Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidyamandir, Ahemdabad]

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