Chapter 1.15

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kṛtasvapakṣaparapakṣopagrahaḥ kāryārambhāṃścintayet || KAZ_01.15.01 ||

mantrapūrvāḥ sarvārambhāḥ || KAZ_01.15.02 ||

taduddeśaḥ saṃvṛtaḥ kathānāmanihśrāvī pakṣibhirapyanālokyaḥ syāt || KAZ_01.15.03 ||

śrūyate hi śukasārikābhirmantro bhinnaḥ śvabhirapyanyaiśca tiryagyonibhiriti || KAZ_01.15.04 ||

tasmānmantroddeśamanāyukto nopagacchet || KAZ_01.15.05 ||

ucchidyeta mantrabhedī || KAZ_01.15.06 ||

mantrabhedo hi dūtāmātyasvāmināmiṅgitākārābhyām || KAZ_01.15.07 ||

iṅgitamanyathāvṛttiḥ || KAZ_01.15.08 ||

ākṛtigrahaṇamākāraḥ || KAZ_01.15.09 ||

tasya saṃvaraṇamāyuktapuruṣarakṣaṇamākāryakālāditi || KAZ_01.15.10 ||

teṣāṃ hi pramādamadasuptapralāpāḥ kāmādirutsekaḥ pracchanno'vamato vā mantraṃ bhinatti || KAZ_01.15.11 ||

tasmādādrakṣenmantram || KAZ_01.15.12 ||

mantrabhedo hyayogakṣemakaro rājñastadāyuktapuruṣāṇāṃ ca || KAZ_01.15.13 ||

tasmādguhyameko mantrayeta iti bhāradvājaḥ || KAZ_01.15.14 ||

mantriṇāmapi hi mantriṇo bhavanti teṣāmapyanye || KAZ_01.15.15 ||

saiṣā mantriparamparā mantraṃ bhinatti || KAZ_01.15.16 ||

tasmānnāsya pare vidyuḥ karma kiṃciccikīrṣitam || KAZ_01.15.17ab ||

ārabdhārastu jānīyurārabdhaṃ kṛtameva vā || KAZ_01.15.17cd ||

naikasya mantrasiddhirasti iti viśālākṣaḥ || KAZ_01.15.18 ||

pratyakṣaparokṣānumeyā hi rājavṛttiḥ || KAZ_01.15.19 ||

anupalabdhasya jñānamupalabdhasya niścitabalādhānamarthadvaidhasya saṃśayacchedanamekadeśadṛṣṭasya śeṣopalabdhiriti mantrisādhyametat || KAZ_01.15.20 ||

tasmādbuddhivṛddhaiḥ sārdhamadhyāsīta mantram || KAZ_01.15.21 ||

na kaṃcidavamanyeta sarvasya śṛṇuyānmatam || KAZ_01.15.22ab ||

bālasyāpyarthavadvākyamupayuñjīta paṇḍitaḥ || KAZ_01.15.22cd ||

etanmantrajñānaṃ naitanmantrarakṣaṇamiti pārāśarāḥ || KAZ_01.15.23 ||

yadasya kāryamabhipretaṃ tatpratirūpakaṃ mantriṇaḥ pṛcchetkāryamidamevamāsīt evaṃ vā yadi bhavettatkathaṃ kartavyamiti || KAZ_01.15.24 ||

te yathā brūyustatkuryāt || KAZ_01.15.25 ||

evaṃ mantropalabdhiḥ saṃvṛtiśca bhavati iti || KAZ_01.15.26 ||

neti piśunaḥ || KAZ_01.15.27 ||

mantriṇo hi vyavahitamarthaṃ vṛttamavṛttaṃ vā pṛṣṭā anādareṇa bruvanti prakāśayanti vā || KAZ_01.15.28 ||

sa doṣaḥ || KAZ_01.15.29 ||

tasmātkarmasu ye yeṣvabhipretāstaiḥ saha mantrayeta || KAZ_01.15.30 ||

tairmantrayamāṇo hi mantrasiddhiṃ guptiṃ ca labhate iti || KAZ_01.15.31 ||

neti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_01.15.32 ||

anavasthā hyeṣā || KAZ_01.15.33 ||

mantribhistribhiścaturbhirvā saha mantrayeta || KAZ_01.15.34 ||

mantrayamāṇo hyekenārthakṛcchreṣu niścayaṃ nādhigacchet || KAZ_01.15.35 ||

ekaśca mantrī yatheṣṭamanavagrahaścarati || KAZ_01.15.36 ||

dvābhyāṃ mantrayamāṇo dvābhyāṃ saṃhatābhyāmavagṛhyate vigṛhītābhyāṃ vināśyate || KAZ_01.15.37 ||

tattriṣu catuṣu vā kṛcchreṇopapadyate || KAZ_01.15.38 ||

mahādoṣamupapannaṃ tu bhavati || KAZ_01.15.39 ||

tataḥ pareṣu kṛcchreṇārthaniścayo gamyate mantro vā rakṣyate || KAZ_01.15.40 ||

deśakālakāryavaśena tvekena saha dvābhyāmeko vā yathāsāmarthyaṃ mantrayeta || KAZ_01.15.41 ||

karmaṇāmārambhopāyaḥ puruṣadravyasampaddeśakālavibhāgo vinipātapratīkāraḥ kāryasiddhiriti pañcāṅgo mantraḥ || KAZ_01.15.42 ||

tānekaikaśaḥ pṛcchetsamastāṃśca || KAZ_01.15.43 ||

hetubhiścaiṣāṃ matipravivekānvidyāt || KAZ_01.15.44 ||

avāptārthaḥ kālaṃ nātikrāmayet || KAZ_01.15.45 ||

na dīrghakālaṃ mantrayeta na teṣāṃ pakṣīyairyeṣāmapakuryāt || KAZ_01.15.46 ||

mantripariṣadaṃ dvādaśāmātyān kurvīta iti mānavāḥ || KAZ_01.15.47 ||

ṣoḍaśa iti bārhaspatyāḥ || KAZ_01.15.48 ||

viṃśatimityauśanasāḥ || KAZ_01.15.49 ||

yathāsāmarthyamiti kauṭilyaḥ || KAZ_01.15.50 ||

te hyasya svapakṣaṃ parapakṣaṃ ca cintayeyuḥ || KAZ_01.15.51 ||

akṛtārambhamārabdhānuṣṭhānamanuṣṭhitaviśeṣaṃ niyogasampadaṃ ca karmaṇāṃ kuryuḥ || KAZ_01.15.52 ||

āsannaiḥ saha karmāṇi paśyet || KAZ_01.15.53 ||

anāsannaiḥ saha pattrasampreṣaṇena mantrayeta || KAZ_01.15.54 ||

indrasya hi mantripariṣadṛṣīṇāṃ sahasram || KAZ_01.15.55 ||

sa taccakṣuḥ || KAZ_01.15.56 ||

tasmādimaṃ dvyakṣaṃ sahasrākṣamāhuḥ || KAZ_01.15.57 ||

ātyayike kārye mantriṇo mantripariṣadaṃ cāhūya brūyāt || KAZ_01.15.58 ||

tatra yadbhūyiṣṭhā brūyuḥ kāryasiddhikaraṃ vā tatkuryāt || KAZ_01.15.59 ||

kurvataśca || KAZ_01.15.60 ||

nāsya guhyaṃ pare vidyuśchidraṃ vidyātparasya ca || KAZ_01.15.60ab ||

gūhetkūrmevāṅgāni yatsyādvivṛtamātmanaḥ || KAZ_01.15.60cd ||

yathā hyaśrotriyaḥ śrāddhaṃ na satāṃ bhoktumarhati || KAZ_01.15.61ab ||

evamaśrutaśāstrārtho na mantraṃ śrotumarhati || KAZ_01.15.61cd ||