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 12.1

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[English text for this chapter is available]

balīyasābhiyukto durbalaḥ sarvatrānupraṇato vetasadharmā tiṣṭhet || KAZ_12.1.01 ||

indrasya hi sa praṇamati yo balīyaso namati iti bhāradvājaḥ || KAZ_12.1.02 ||

sarvasaṃdohena balānāṃ yudhyeta || KAZ_12.1.03 ||

parākramo hi vyasanamapahanti || KAZ_12.1.04 ||

svadharmaścaiṣa kṣatriyasya yuddhe jayaḥ parājayo vā iti viśālākṣaḥ || KAZ_12.1.05 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_12.1.06 ||

sarvatrānupraṇataḥ kulaiḍaka iva nirāśo jīvite vasati || KAZ_12.1.07 ||

yudhyamānaścālpasainyaḥ samudramivāplavo'vagāhamānaḥ sīdati || KAZ_12.1.08 ||

tadviśiṣṭaṃ tu rājānamāśrito durgamaviṣahyaṃ vā ceṣṭeta || KAZ_12.1.09 ||

trayo'bhiyoktāro dharmalobhāsuravijayina iti || KAZ_12.1.10 ||

teṣāmabhyavapattyā dharmavijayī tuṣyati || KAZ_12.1.11 ||

tamabhyavapadyeta pareṣāmapi bhayāt || KAZ_12.1.12 ||

bhūmidravyaharaṇena lobhavijayī tuṣyati || KAZ_12.1.13 ||

tamarthenābhyavapadyeta || KAZ_12.1.14 ||

bhūmidravyaputradāraprāṇaharaṇenāsuravijayī || KAZ_12.1.15 ||

taṃ bhūmidravyābhyāmupagṛhyāgrāhyaḥ pratikurvīta || KAZ_12.1.16 ||

teṣāmanyatamamuttiṣṭhamānaṃ saṃdhinā mantrayuddhena kūṭayuddhena vā prativyūheta || KAZ_12.1.17 ||

śatrupakṣamasya sāmadānābhyāṃ svapakṣaṃ bhedadaṇḍābhyām || KAZ_12.1.18 ||

durgaṃ rāṣṭraṃ skandhāvāraṃ vāsya gūḍhāḥ śastrarasāgnibhiḥ sādhayeyuḥ || KAZ_12.1.19 ||

sarvataḥ pārṣṇimasya grāhayet || KAZ_12.1.20 ||

aṭavībhirvā rājyaṃ ghātayettatkulīnāparuddhābhyāṃ vā hārayet || KAZ_12.1.21 ||

apakārānteṣu cāsya dūṭaṃ preṣayet || KAZ_12.1.22 ||

anapakṛtya vā saṃdhānam || KAZ_12.1.23 ||

tathāpyabhiprayāntaṃ kośadaṇḍayoḥ pādottaramahorātrottaraṃ vā saṃdhiṃ yāceta || KAZ_12.1.24 ||

sa ceddaṇḍasaṃdhiṃ yāceta kuṇṭhamasmai hastyaśvaṃ dadyādutsāhitaṃ vā garayuktam || KAZ_12.1.25 ||

puruṣasaṃdhiṃ yāceta dūṣyāmitrāṭavībalamasmai dadyād yogapuruṣādhiṣṭhitam || KAZ_12.1.26 ||

tathā kuryād yathobhayavināśaḥ syāt || KAZ_12.1.27 ||

tīkṣṇabalaṃ vāsmai dadyād yadavamānitaṃ vikurvīta maulamanuraktaṃ vā yadasya vyasane'pakuryāt || KAZ_12.1.28 ||

kośasaṃdhiṃ yāceta sāramasmai dadyād yasya kretāraṃ nādhigacchetkupyamayuddhayogyaṃ vā || KAZ_12.1.29 ||

bhūmisaṃdhiṃ yāceta pratyādeyāṃ nityāmitrāmanapāśrayāṃ mahākṣayavyayaniveśāṃ vāsmai bhūmiṃ dadyāt || KAZ_12.1.30 ||

sarvasvena vā rājadhānīvarjena saṃdhiṃ yāceta balīyasaḥ || KAZ_12.1.31 ||

yatprasahya haredanyastatprayaccedupāyataḥ || KAZ_12.1.32ab ||

rakṣetsvadehaṃ na dhanaṃ kā hyanitye dhane dayā || KAZ_12.1.32cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 12.1

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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