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 7.16

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[English text for this chapter is available]

anujñātasaṃdhipaṇodvegakaraṃ balavānvijigīṣamāṇo yataḥ svabhūmiḥ svartuvṛttiśca svasainyānāmadurgāpasāraḥ śatrurapārṣṇiranāsāraśca tato yāyāt ||

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viparyaye kṛtapratīkāro yāyāt || KAZ_07.16.02 ||

sāmadānābhyāṃ durbalānupanamayetbhedadaṇḍābhyāṃ balavataḥ || KAZ_07.16.03 ||

niyogavikalpasamuccayaiścopāyānāmanantaraikāntarāḥ prakṛtīḥ sādhayet || KAZ_07.16.04 ||

grāmāraṇyopajīvivrajavaṇikpathānupālanamujjhitāpasṛtāpakāriṇāṃ cārpaṇamiti sāntvamācaret || KAZ_07.16.05 ||

bhūmidravyakanyādānamabhayasya ceti dānamācaret || KAZ_07.16.06 ||

sāmantāṭavikatatkulīnāparuddhānāmanyatamopagraheṇa kośadaṇḍabhūmidāyayācanamiti bhedamācaret || KAZ_07.16.07 ||

prakāśakūṭatūṣṇīṃ yuddhadurgalambhopāyairamitrapragrahaṇamiti daṇḍamācaret || KAZ_07.16.08 ||

evamutsāhavato daṇḍopakāriṇaḥ sthāpayetsvaprabhāvavataḥ kośopakāriṇaḥ prajñāvato bhūmyupakāriṇaḥ || KAZ_07.16.09 ||

teṣāṃ paṇyapattanagrāmakhanisaṃjātena ratnasāraphalgukupyena dravyahastivanavrajasamutthena yānavāhanena vā yadbahuśa upakaroti taccitrabhogam || KAZ_07.16.10 ||

yaddaṇḍena kośena vā mahadupakaroti tanmahābhogam || KAZ_07.16.11 ||

yaddaṇḍakośabhūmībhirupakaroti tatsarvabhogam || KAZ_07.16.12 ||

yadamitramekataḥ pratikaroti tadekatobhogi || KAZ_07.16.13 ||

yadamitramāsāraṃ cobhayataḥ pratikaroti tadubhayatobhogi || KAZ_07.16.14 ||

yadamitrāsāraprativeśāṭavikān sarvataḥ pratikaroti tatsarvatobhogi || KAZ_07.16.15 ||

pārṣṇigrāhaścāṭavikaḥ śatrumukhyaḥ śatrurvā bhūmidānasādhyaḥ kaścidāsādyeta nirguṇayā bhūmyainamupagrāhayet apratisambaddhayā durgasthaṃ nirupajīvyayāṭavikaṃ || KAZ_07.16.16a ||

pratyādeyayā tatkulīnaṃ śatroḥ apacchinnayā śatroraparuddhaṃ nityāmitrayā śreṇībalam balavatsāmantayā saṃhatabalamubhābhyāṃ yuddhe pratilomam || KAZ_07.16.16b ||

alabdhavyāyāmayotsāhinaṃ śūyayāripakṣīyaṃ karśitayāpavāhitaṃ mahākṣayavyayaniveśayā gatapratyāgatamanapāśrayayā pratyapasṛtam pareṇānadhivāsyayā svayameva bhartāramupagrāhayet || KAZ_07.16.16c ||

teṣāṃ mahopakāraṃ nirvikāraṃ cānuvartayet || KAZ_07.16.17 ||

pratilomamupāṃśunā sādhayet || KAZ_07.16.18 ||

upakāriṇamupakāraśaktyā toṣayet || KAZ_07.16.19 ||

prayāsataścārthamānau kuryādvyasaneṣu cānugraham || KAZ_07.16.20 ||

svayaṃ āgatānāṃ yatheṣṭadarśanaṃ pratividhānaṃ ca kuryāt || KAZ_07.16.21 ||

paribhavopaghātakutsātivādāṃścaiṣu na prayuñjīta || KAZ_07.16.22 ||

dattvā cābhayaṃ pitevānugṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_07.16.23 ||

yaścāsyāpakuryāttaddoṣamabhivikhyāpya prakāśamenaṃ ghātayet || KAZ_07.16.24 ||

parodvegakāraṇādvā dāṇḍakarmikavacceṣṭeta || KAZ_07.16.25 ||

na ca hatasya bhūmidravyaputradārānabhimanyeta || KAZ_07.16.26 ||

kulyānapyasya sveṣu pātreṣu sthāpayet || KAZ_07.16.27 ||

karmaṇi mṛtasya putraṃ rājye sthāpayet || KAZ_07.16.28 ||

evamasya daṇḍopanatāḥ putrapautrānanuvartante || KAZ_07.16.29 ||

yastūpanatān hatvā baddhvā vā bhūmidravyaputradārānabhimanyeta tasyodvignaṃ maṇḍalamabhāvāyottiṣṭhate || KAZ_07.16.30 ||

ye cāsyāmātyāḥ svabhūmiṣvāyattāste cāsyodvignā maṇḍalamāśrayante || KAZ_07.16.31 ||

svayaṃ vā rājyaṃ prāṇānvāsyābhimanyante || KAZ_07.16.32 ||

svabhūmiṣu ca rājānastasmātsāmnānupālitāḥ || KAZ_07.16.33ab ||

bhavantyanuguṇā rājñaḥ putrapautrānuvartinaḥ || KAZ_07.16.33cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 7.16

The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
by R.P. Kangle (2019)

[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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A Dictionary of Technical Terms in Kautilya's Arthasastra
by Bijoya Goswami Dev And Debarchana Sarkar Dev (2005)

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

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Kautilya's Arthasastra with Five Commentaris
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)

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

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Kautiliya Arthasastra (Gujarati translation)
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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