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 9.2

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[English text for this chapter is available]

maulabhṛtakaśreṇīmitrāmitrāṭavībalānāṃ samuddānakālāḥ || KAZ_09.2.01 ||

mūlarakṣaṇādatiriktaṃ maulabalamatyāvāpayuktā vā maulā mūle vikurvīranbahulānuraktamaulabalaḥ sārabalo vā pratiyoddhā vyāyāmena yoddhavyam prakṛṣṭe'dhvani kāle vā kṣayavyayasahatvānmaulānām bahulānuraktasampāte ca yātavyasyopajāpabhayādanyasainyānāṃ bhṛtādīnāmaviśvāse balakṣaye vā sarvasainyānāṃ iti maulabalakālaḥ || KAZ_09.2.02 ||

prabhūtaṃ me bhṛtabalamalpaṃ ca maulabalamṇ parasyālpaṃ viraktaṃ vā maulabalam phalguprāyamasāraṃ vā bhṛtasainyamṇ mantreṇa yoddhavyamalpavyāyāmenaṇ hrasvo deśaḥ kālo vā tanukṣayavyayahṇ alpāvāpaṃ śāntopajāpaṃ viśvastaṃ vā me sainyamṇ parasyālpaḥ prasāro hantavyahṇ iti bhṛtabalakālaḥ || KAZ_09.2.03 ||

prabhūtaṃ me śreṇībalaṃ śakyaṃ mūle yātrāyāṃ cādhātumṇ hrasvaḥ pravāsaḥ śreṇībalaprāyaḥ pratiyoddhā mantravyāyāmābhyāṃ pratiyoddhukāmaḥ daṇḍabalavyavahāraḥ iti śreṇībalakālaḥ || KAZ_09.2.04 ||

prabhūtaṃ me mitrabalaṃ śakyaṃ mūle yātrāyāṃ cādhātumṇ alpaḥ pravāso mantrayuddhācca bhūyo vyāyāmayuddhamṇ mitrabalena vā pūrvamaṭavīṃ nagarasthānamāsāraṃ vā yodhayitvā paścātsvabalena yoddhayiṣyāmiṇ mitrasādhāraṇaṃ vā me kāryamṇ mitrāyattā vā me kāryasiddhihṇ āsannamanugrāhyaṃ vā me mitramṇ atyāvāpaṃ vāsya sādayiṣyāmi iti mitrabalakālaḥ || KAZ_09.2.05 ||

prabhūtaṃ me śatrubalaṃ śatrubalena yodhayiṣyāmi nagarasthānamaṭavīṃ vā tatra me śvavarāhayoḥ kalahe caṇḍālasyevānyatarasiddhirbhaviṣyatiṇ āsārāṇāmaṭavīnāṃ vā kaṇṭakamardanametatkariṣyāmiṇ atyupacitaṃ vā kopabhayānnityamāsannamaribalaṃ vāsayedanyatrābhyantarakopaśaṅkāyāḥ śatruyuddhāvarayuddhakālaśca ityamitrabalakālaḥ || KAZ_09.2.06 ||

tenāṭavībalakālo vyākhyātaḥ || KAZ_09.2.07 ||

mārgādeśikam parabhūmiyogyamariyuddhapratilomamaṭavībalaprāyaḥ śatrurvā bilvaṃ bilvena hanyatāmṇ alpaḥ prasāro hantavyaḥ ityaṭavībalakālaḥ || KAZ_09.2.08 ||

sainyamanekamanekasthamuktamanuktaṃ vā vilopārthaṃ yaduttiṣṭhati tadautsāhikaṃ abhaktavetanaṃ vilopaviṣṭipratāpakaraṃ bhedyaṃ pareṣāmabhedyaṃ tulyadeśajātiśilpaprāyaṃ saṃhataṃ mahat | iti balopādānakālāh || KAZ_09.2.09 ||

teṣāṃ kupyabhṛtamamitrāṭavībalaṃ vilopabhṛtaṃ vā kuryāt || KAZ_09.2.10 ||

amitrasya vā balakāle pratyutpanne śatrubalamavagṛhṇīyāt anyatra vā preṣayet aphalaṃ vā kuryāt vikṣiptaṃ vā vāsayetkāle vātikrānte visṛjet || KAZ_09.2.11 ||

parasya caitadbalasamuddānaṃ vighātayet ātmanaḥ sampādayet || KAZ_09.2.12 ||

pūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ caiṣāṃ śreyaḥ samnāhayitum || KAZ_09.2.13 ||

tadbhāvabhāvitvānnityasatkārānugamācca maulabalaṃ bhṛtabalācchreyaḥ || KAZ_09.2.14 ||

nityānantaraṃ kṣiprotthāyi vaśyaṃ va bhṛtabalaṃ śreṇībalācchreyaḥ || KAZ_09.2.15 ||

jānapadamekārthopagataṃ tulyasaṃgharṣāmarṣasiddhilābhaṃ ca śreṇībalaṃ mitrabalācchreyaḥ || KAZ_09.2.16 ||

aparimitadeśakālamekārthopagamācca mitrabalamamitrabalācchreyaḥ || KAZ_09.2.17 ||

āryādhiṣṭhitamamitrabalamaṭavībalācchreyaḥ || KAZ_09.2.18 ||

tadubhayaṃ vilopārtham || KAZ_09.2.19 ||

avilope vyasane ca tābhyāmahibhayaṃ syāt || KAZ_09.2.20 ||

brāhmaṇakṣatriyavaiśyaśūdrasainyānāṃ tejaḥprādhānyātpūrvaṃ pūrvaṃ śreyaḥ samnāhayitumityācāryāḥ || KAZ_09.2.21 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_09.2.22 ||

praṇipātena brāhmaṇabalaṃ paro'bhihārayet || KAZ_09.2.23 ||

praharaṇavidyāvinītaṃ tu kṣatriyabalaṃ śreyaḥ bahulasāraṃ vā vaiśyaśūdrabalamiti || KAZ_09.2.24 ||

tasmādevaṃ balaḥ paraḥ tasyaitatpratibalamiti balasamuddānaṃ kuryāt || KAZ_09.2.25 ||

hastiyantraśakaṭagarbhakuntaprāsahāṭakaveṇuśalyavad hastibalasya pratibalam || KAZ_09.2.26 ||

tadeva pāṣāṇalaguḍāvaraṇāṅkuśakacagrahaṇīprāyaṃ rathabalasya pratibalam || KAZ_09.2.27 ||

tadevāśvānāṃ pratibalam varmiṇo vā hastino'śvā vā varmiṇaḥ || KAZ_09.2.28 ||

kavacino rathā āvaraṇinaḥ pattayaśca caturaṅgabalasya pratibalam || KAZ_09.2.29 ||

evaṃ balasamuddānaṃ parasainyanivāraṇam || KAZ_09.2.30ab ||

vibhavena svasainyānāṃ kuryādaṅgavikalpaśaḥ || KAZ_09.2.30cd ||

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