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 9.1

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[English text for this chapter is available]

vijigīṣurātmanaḥ parasya ca balābalaṃ śaktideśakālayātrākālabalasamuddānakālapaścātkopakṣayavyayalābhāpadāṃ jñātvā viśiṣṭabalo yāyāt anyathāsīta ||

KAZ_09.1.01 ||

utsāhaprabhāvayorutsāhaḥ śreyān || KAZ_09.1.02 ||

svayaṃ hi rājā śūro balavānarogaḥ kṛtāstro daṇḍadvitīyo'pi śaktaḥ prabhāvavantaṃ rājānaṃ jetum || KAZ_09.1.03 ||

alpo'pi cāsya daṇḍastejasā kṛtyakaro bhavati || KAZ_09.1.04 ||

nirutsāhastu prabhāvavān rājā vikramābhipanno naśyati ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_09.1.05 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_09.1.06 ||

prabhāvavānutsāhavantaṃ rājānaṃ prabhāvenātisaṃdhatte tadviśiṣṭamanyaṃ rājānamāvāhya bhṛtvā krītvā pravīrapuruṣān || KAZ_09.1.07 ||

prabhūtaprabhāvahayahastirathopakaraṇasampannaścāsya daṇḍaḥ sarvatrāpratihataścarati || KAZ_09.1.08 ||

utsāhavataśca prabhāvavanto jitvā krītvā ca striyo bālāḥ paṅgavo'ndhāśca pṛthivīṃ jigyuriti || KAZ_09.1.09 ||

prabhāvamantrayoḥ prabhāvaḥ śreyān || KAZ_09.1.10 ||

mantraśaktisampanno hi vandhyabuddhiraprabhāvo bhavati || KAZ_09.1.11 ||

mantrakarma cāsya niścitamaprabhāvo garbhadhānyamavṛṣṭirivopahanti ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_09.1.12 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_09.1.13 ||

mantraśaktiḥ śreyasī || KAZ_09.1.14 ||

prajñāśāstracakṣurhi rājālpenāpi prayatnena mantramādhātuṃ śaktaḥ parānutsāhaprabhāvavataśca sāmādibhiryogopaniṣadbhyāṃ cātisaṃdhātum || KAZ_09.1.15 ||

evamutsāhaprabhāvamantraśaktīnāmuttarottarādhiko'tisaṃdhatte || KAZ_09.1.16 ||

deśaḥ pṛthivī || KAZ_09.1.17 ||

tasyāṃ himavatsamudrāntaramudīcīnaṃ yojanasahasraparimāṇaṃ tiryakcakravartikṣetram || KAZ_09.1.18 ||

tatrāraṇyo grāmyaḥ parvata audako bhaumaḥ samo viṣama iti viśeṣāḥ || KAZ_09.1.19 ||

teṣu yathāsvabalavṛddhikaraṃ karma prayuñjīta || KAZ_09.1.20 ||

yatrātmanaḥ sainyavyāyāmānāṃ bhūmiḥ abhūmiḥ parasya sa uttamo deśaḥ viparīto'dhamaḥ sādhāraṇo madhyamaḥ || KAZ_09.1.21 ||

kālaḥ śītoṣṇavarṣātmā || KAZ_09.1.22 ||

tasya rātrirahaḥ pakṣo māsa ṛturayanaṃ saṃvatsaro yugamiti viśeṣāḥ || KAZ_09.1.23 ||

teṣu yathāsvabalavṛddhikaraṃ karmaprayuñjīta || KAZ_09.1.24 ||

yatrātmanaḥ sainyavyāyāmānāmṛtuḥ anṛtuḥ parasya sa uttamaḥ kālaḥ viparīto'dhamaḥ sādhāraṇo madhyamaḥ || KAZ_09.1.25 ||

śaktideśakālānāṃ tu śaktiḥ śreyasī ityācāryāḥ || KAZ_09.1.26 ||

śaktimān hi nimnasthalavato deśasya śītoṣṇavarṣavataśca kālasya śaktaḥ pratīkāre bhavati || KAZ_09.1.27 ||

deśaḥ śreyānityeke || KAZ_09.1.28 ||

sthalagato hi śvā nakraṃ vikarṣati nimnagato nakraḥ śvānamiti || KAZ_09.1.29 ||

kālaḥ śreyānityeke || KAZ_09.1.30 ||

divā kākaḥ kauśikaṃ hanti rātrau kauśikaḥ kākamiti || KAZ_09.1.31 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_09.1.32 ||

parasparasādhakā hi śaktideśakālāḥ || KAZ_09.1.33 ||

tairabhyuccitastṛtīyaṃ caturthaṃ vā daṇḍasyāṃśaṃ mūle pārṣṇyāṃ pratyantāṭavīṣu ca rakṣā vidhāya kāryasādhanasahaṃ kośadaṇḍaṃ cādāya kṣīṇapurāṇabhaktamagṛhītanavabhaktamasaṃskṛtadurgamamitraṃ vārṣikaṃ cāsya sasyaṃ haimanaṃ ca muṣṭimupahantuṃ mārgaśīrṣīṃ yātrāṃ yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.34 ||

haimānaṃ cāsya sasyaṃ vāsantikaṃ ca muṣṭimupahantuṃ caitrīṃ yātrāṃ yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.35 ||

kṣīṇakṛṇakāṣṭhodakamasaṃskṛtadurgamamitraṃ vāsantikaṃ cāsya sasyaṃ vārṣikīṃ ca muṣṭimupahantuṃ jyeṣṭhāmūlīyāṃ yātrāṃ yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.36 ||

atyuṣṇamalpayavasendhanodakaṃ vā deśaṃ hemante yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.37 ||

tuṣāradurdinamagādhanimnaprāyaṃ gahanatṛṇavṛkṣaṃ vā deśaṃ grīṣme yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.38 ||

svasainyavyāyāmayogyaṃ parasyāyogyaṃ varṣati yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.39 ||

mārgaśīrṣīṃ taiṣīṃ cāntareṇa dīrghakālāṃ yātrāṃ yāyāt caitrīṃ vaiśākhīṃ cāntareṇa madhyamakālāṃ jyeṣṭhāmūlīyāmāṣāḍhīṃ cāntareṇa hrasvakālāmupoṣiṣyanvyasane caturthīm || KAZ_09.1.40 ||

vyasanābhiyānaṃ vigṛhyayāne vyākhyātam || KAZ_09.1.41 ||

prāyaśaścācāryāḥ paravyasane yātavyamityupadiśanti || KAZ_09.1.42 ||

śaktyudaye yātavyamanaikānntikatvādvyasanānāmiti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_09.1.43 ||

yadā vā prayātaḥ karśayitumucchetuṃ vā śaknuyādamitraṃ tadā yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.44 ||

atyuṣṇopakṣīṇe kāle hastibalaprāyo yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.45 ||

hastino hyantaḥsvedāḥ kuṣṭhino bhavanti || KAZ_09.1.46 ||

anavagāhamānāstoyamapibantaścāntaravakṣārāccāndhībhavanti || KAZ_09.1.47 ||

tasmātprabhūtodake deśe varṣati ca hastibalaprāyo yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.48 ||

viparyaye kharoṣṭrāśvabalaprāyo deśamalpavarṣapaṅkam || KAZ_09.1.49 ||

varṣati maruprāyaṃ caturaṅgabalo yāyāt || KAZ_09.1.50 ||

samaviṣamanimnasthalahrasvadīrghavaśena vādhvano yātrāṃ vibhajet || KAZ_09.1.51 ||

sarvā vā hrasvakālāḥ syuryātavyāḥ kāryalāghavāt || KAZ_09.1.52ab ||

dīrghāḥ kāryagurutvādvā varṣāvāsaḥ paratra ca || KAZ_09.1.52cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 9.1

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

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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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