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 10.3

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balaviśiṣṭaḥ kṛtopajāpaḥ prativihitartuḥ svabhūmyāṃ prakāśayuddhamupeyāt || KAZ_10.3.01 ||

viparyaye kūṭayuddham || KAZ_10.3.02 ||

balavyasanāvaskandakāleṣu paramabhihanyāt abhūmiṣṭhaṃ vā svabhūmiṣṭhaḥ prakṛtipragraho vā svabhūmiṣṭham || KAZ_10.3.03 ||

dūṣyāmitrāṭavībalairvā bhaṅgaṃ dattvā vibhūmiprāptaṃ hanyāt || KAZ_10.3.04 ||

saṃhatānīkaṃ hastibhirbhedayet || KAZ_10.3.05 ||

pūrvaṃ bhaṅgapradānenānupralīnaṃ bhinnamabhinnaḥ pratinivṛtya hanyāt || KAZ_10.3.06 ||

purastādabhihatya pracalaṃ vimukhaṃ vā pṛṣṭhato hastyaśvenābhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.07 ||

pṛṣṭhato'bhihatyā pracalaṃ vimukhaṃ vā purastātsārabalenābhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.08 ||

tābhyāṃ pārśvābhigātau vyākhyātau || KAZ_10.3.09 ||

yato vā dūṣyaphalgubalaṃ tato'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.10 ||

purastādviṣamāyāṃ pṛṣṭhato'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.11 ||

pṛṣṭhato viṣamāyāṃ purastādabhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.12 ||

pārśvato viṣamāyāmitarato'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.13 ||

dūṣyāmitrāṭavībalairvā pūrvaṃ yodhayitvā śrāntamaśrāntaḥ paramabhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.14 ||

dūṣyabalena vā svayaṃ bhaṅgaṃ dattvā jitamiti viśvastamaviśvastaḥ sattrāpāśrayo'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.15 ||

sārthavrajaskandhāvārasaṃvāhavilopapramattamapramatto'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.16 ||

phalgubalāvacchannasārabalo vā paravīrānanupraviśya hanyāt || KAZ_10.3.17 ||

gograhaṇena śvāpadavadhena vā paravīrānākṛṣya sattracchanno'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.18 ||

rātrāvavaskandena jāgarayitvā nidrāklāntānavasuptānvā divā hanyāt || KAZ_10.3.19 ||

sapādacarmakośairvā hastibhiḥ sauptikaṃ dadyāt || KAZ_10.3.20 ||

ahaḥsamnāhapariśrāntānaparāhne'bhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.21 ||

śuṣkacarmavṛttaśarkarākośakairgomahiṣoṣṭrayūthairvā trasnubhirakṛtahastyaśvaṃ bhinnamabhinnaḥ pratinivṛttaṃ hanyāt || KAZ_10.3.22 ||

pratisūryavātaṃ vā sarvamabhihanyāt || KAZ_10.3.23 ||

dhānvanavanasaṃkaṭapaṅkaśailanimnaviṣamanāvo gāvaḥ śakaṭavyūho nīhāro rātririti sattrāṇi || KAZ_10.3.24 ||

pūrve ca praharaṇakālāḥ kūṭayuddhahetavaḥ || KAZ_10.3.25 ||

saṃgrāmastu nirdiṣṭadeśakālo dharmiṣṭhaḥ || KAZ_10.3.26 ||

saṃhatya daṇḍaṃ brūyāttulyavetano'smi bhavadbhiḥ saha bhogyamidaṃ rājyaṃ mayābhihitaiḥ paro'bhihantavyaḥ iti || KAZ_10.3.27 ||

vedeṣvapyanuśrūyate samāptadakṣiṇānāṃ yajñānāmavabhṛtheṣu sā te gatiryā śūrāṇāmiti || KAZ_10.3.28 ||

apīha ślokau bhavataḥ || KAZ_10.3.29 ||

yānyajñasaṃghaistapasā ca viprāḥ svargaiṣiṇaḥ pātracayaiśca yānti || KAZ_10.3.30ab ||

kṣaṇena tānapyatiyānti śūrāḥ prāṇān suyuddheṣu parityajantaḥ || KAZ_10.3.30cd ||

navaṃ śarāvaṃ salilasya pūrṇaṃ susaṃskṛtaṃ darbhakṛtottarīyam || KAZ_10.3.31ab ||

tattasya mā bhūnnarakaṃ ca gacched yo bhartṛpiṇḍasya kṛte na yudhyet iti || KAZ_10.3.31cd ||

mantripurohitābhyāmutsāhayed yodhānvyūhasampadā || KAZ_10.3.32 ||

kārtāntikādiścāsya vargaḥ sarvajñadaivatasamyogakhyāpanābhyāṃ svapakṣamuddharṣayetparapakṣaṃ codvejayet || KAZ_10.3.33 ||

śvo yuddhamiti kṛtopavāsaḥ śastravāhanaṃ cānuśayīta || KAZ_10.3.34 ||

atharvabhiśca juhuyāt || KAZ_10.3.35 ||

vijayayuktāḥ svargīyāścāśiṣo vācayet || KAZ_10.3.36 ||

brāhmaṇebhyaścātmānamatisṛjet || KAZ_10.3.37 ||

śauryaśilpābhijanānurāgayuktamarthamānābhyāmavisaṃvāditamanīkagarbhaṃ kurvīta || KAZ_10.3.38 ||

pitṛputrabhrātṛkāṇāmāyudhīyānāmadhvajaṃ muṇḍānīkaṃ rājasthānam || KAZ_10.3.39 ||

hastī ratho vā rājavāhanamaśvānubandhaḥ || KAZ_10.3.40 ||

yatprāyasainyo yatra vā vinītaḥ syāttadadhirohayet || KAZ_10.3.41 ||

rājavyañjano vyūhādhiṣṭhānamāyojyaḥ || KAZ_10.3.42 ||

sūtamāgadhāḥ śūrāṇāṃ svargamasvargaṃ bhīrūṇāṃ jātisaṃghakulakarmavṛttastavaṃ ca yodhānāṃ varṇayeyuḥ || KAZ_10.3.43 ||

purohitapuruṣāḥ kṛtyābhicāraṃ brūyuḥ yantrikavardhakimauhūrtikāḥ svakarmasiddhimasiddhiṃ pareṣām || KAZ_10.3.44 ||

senāpatirarthamānābhyāmabhisaṃskṛtamanīkamābhāṣeta śatasāhasro rājavadhaḥ pañcāśatsāhasraḥ senāpatikumāravadhaḥ daśasāhasraḥ pravīramukhyavadhaḥ pañcasāhasro hastirathavadhaḥ sāhasro'śvavadhaḥ śatyaḥ pattimukhyavadhaḥ śiro viṃśatikaṃ bhogadvaiguṇyaṃ svayaṃ grāhaśca iti || KAZ_10.3.45 ||

tadeṣāṃ daśavargādhipatayo vidyuḥ || KAZ_10.3.46 ||

cikitsakāḥ śastrayantrāgadasnehavastrahastāḥ striyaścānnapānarakṣiṇyaḥ puruṣāṇāmuddharṣaṇīyāḥ pṛṣṭhatastiṣṭheyuḥ || KAZ_10.3.47 ||

adakṣiṇāmukhaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥsūryamanulomavātamanīkaṃ svabhūmau vyūheta || KAZ_10.3.48 ||

parabhūmivyūhe cāśvāṃścārayeyuḥ || KAZ_10.3.49 ||

yatra sthānaṃ prajavaścābhūmirvyūhasya tatra sthitaḥ prajavitaścobhayathā jīyeta | viparyaye jayati ubhayathā sthāne prajave ca || KAZ_10.3.50 ||

samā viṣamā vyāmiśrā vā bhūmiriti purastātpārśvābhyāṃ paścācca jñeyā || KAZ_10.3.52 ||

samāyāṃ daṇḍamaṇḍalavyūhāḥ viṣamāyāṃ bhogāsaṃhatavyūhāḥ vyāmiśrāyāṃ viṣamavyūhāḥ || KAZ_10.3.53 ||

viśiṣṭabalaṃ bhaṅktvā saṃdhiṃ yāceta || KAZ_10.3.54 ||

samabalena yācitaḥ saṃdadhīta || KAZ_10.3.55 ||

hīnamanuhanyāt na tveva svabhūmiprāptaṃ tyaktātmānaṃ vā || KAZ_10.3.56 ||

punarāvartamānasya nirāśasya ca jīvite || KAZ_10.3.57ab ||

adhāryo jāyate vegastasmādbhagnaṃ na pīḍayet || KAZ_10.3.57cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 10.3

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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