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 1.8

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[English text for this chapter is available]

sahādhyāyino amātyān kurvīta dṛṣṭaśaucasāmarthyatvāt iti bhāradvājaḥ || KAZ_01.8.01 ||

te hyasya viśvāsyā bhavanti iti || KAZ_01.8.02 ||

neti viśālākṣaḥ || KAZ_01.8.03 ||

sahakrīḍitatvātparibhavantyenam || KAZ_01.8.04 ||

ye hyasya guhyasadharmāṇastānamātyān kurvīta samānaśīlavyasanatvāt || KAZ_01.8.05 ||

te hyasya marmajñabhayānnāparādhyanti iti || KAZ_01.8.06 ||

sādhāraṇaiṣa doṣaḥ iti pārāśarāḥ || KAZ_01.8.07 ||

teṣāmapi marmajñabhayātkṛtākṛtānyanuvarteta || KAZ_01.8.08 ||

yāvadbhyo guhyamācaṣṭe janebhyaḥ puruṣādhipaḥ || KAZ_01.8.09ab ||

avaśaḥ karmaṇā tena vaśyo bhavati tāvatām || KAZ_01.8.09cd ||

yainamāpatsu prāṇābādhayuktāsvanugṛhṇīyustānamātyān kurvīta dṛṣṭānurāgatvāt iti || KAZ_01.8.10 ||

neti piśunaḥ || KAZ_01.8.11 ||

bhaktireṣā na buddhiguṇaḥ || KAZ_01.8.12 ||

saṃkhyātārtheṣu karmasu niyuktā ye yathādiṣṭamarthaṃ saviśeṣaṃ vā kuryustānamātyān kurvīta dṛṣṭaguṇatvāt iti || KAZ_01.8.13 ||

neti kauṇapadantaḥ || KAZ_01.8.14 ||

anyairamātyaguṇairayuktā hyete || KAZ_01.8.15 ||

pitṛpaitāmahānamātyān kurvīta dṛṣṭāvadānatvāt || KAZ_01.8.16 ||

te hyenamapacarantamapi na tyajanti sagandhatvāt || KAZ_01.8.17 ||

amānuṣeṣvapi caitaddṛśyate || KAZ_01.8.18 ||

gāvo hyasagandhaṃ gogaṇamatikramya sagandheṣvevāvatiṣṭhante iti || KAZ_01.8.19 ||

neti vātavyādhiḥ || KAZ_01.8.20 ||

te hyasya sarvamavagṛhya svāmivatpracaranti || KAZ_01.8.21 ||

tasmānnītivido navānamātyān kurvīta || KAZ_01.8.22 ||

navāstu yamasthāne daṇḍadharaṃ manyamānā nāparādhyanti iti || KAZ_01.8.23 ||

neti bāhudantī putraḥ || KAZ_01.8.24 ||

śāstravidadṛṣṭakarmā karmasu viṣādaṃ gacchet || KAZ_01.8.25 ||

tasmādabhijanaprajñāśaucaśauryānurāgayuktānamātyān kurvīta guṇaprādhānyāt iti || KAZ_01.8.26 ||

sarvamupapannamiti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_01.8.27 ||

kāryasāmarthyādd hi puruṣasāmarthyaṃ kalpyate || KAZ_01.8.28 ||

sāmarthyaśca vibhajyāmātyavibhavaṃ deśakālau ca karma ca || KAZ_01.8.29ab ||

amātyāḥ sarva evaite kāryāḥ syurna tu mantriṇaḥ || KAZ_01.8.29cd ||

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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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