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 2.28
[English text for this chapter is available]
nāvadhyakṣaḥ samudrasamyānanadīmukhatarapracārāndevasarovisaronadītarāṃśca sthānīyādiṣvavekṣeta || KAZ_02.28.01 ||
tadvelākūlagrāmāḥ klṛptaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.28.02 ||
matsyabandhakā naukābhāṭakaṃ ṣaḍbhāgaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.28.03 ||
pattanānuvṛttaṃ śulkabhāgaṃ vaṇijo dadyuḥ yātrāvetanaṃ rājanaubhiḥ sampatantaḥ || KAZ_02.28.04 ||
śaṅkhamuktāgrāhiṇo naubhāṭakaṃ dadyuḥ svanaubhirvā tareyuḥ || KAZ_02.28.05 ||
adhyakṣaścaiṣāṃ khanyadhyakṣeṇa vyākhyātaḥ || KAZ_02.28.06 ||
pattanādhyakṣanibaddhaṃ paṇyapattanacāritraṃ nāvadhyakṣaḥ pālayet || KAZ_02.28.07 ||
mūḍhavātāhatā nāvaḥ pitevānugṛhṇīyāt || KAZ_02.28.08 ||
udakaprāptaṃ paṇyamaśulkamardhaśulkaṃ vā kuryāt || KAZ_02.28.09 ||
yathānirdiṣṭāścaitāḥ paṇyapattanayātrākāleṣu preṣayet || KAZ_02.28.10 ||
samyātīrnāvaḥ kṣetrānugatāḥ śulkaṃ yācet || KAZ_02.28.11 ||
hiṃsrikā nirghātayet amitraviṣayātigāḥ paṇyapattanacāritropaghātikāśca || KAZ_02.28.12 ||
śāsakaniryāmakadātra raśmigrāhakotsecakādhiṣṭhitāśca mahānāvo hemantagrīṣmatāryāsu mahānadīṣu prayojayetkṣudrikāḥ kṣudrikāsu varṣāsrāviṇīṣu || KAZ_02.28.13 ||
bādhatīrthāścaitāḥ kāryā rājadviṣṭakāriṇāṃ taraṇabhayāt || KAZ_02.28.14 ||
akāle'tīrthe ca tarataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ || KAZ_02.28.15 ||
kāle tīrthe cāniṣṛṣṭatāriṇaḥ pādonasaptaviṃśatipaṇastarātyayaḥ || KAZ_02.28.16 ||
kaivartakāṣṭatṛṇabhārapuṣpaphalavāṭaṣaṇḍagopālakānāmanatyayaḥ sambhāvyadūtānupātināṃ ca senābhāṇḍaprayogāṇāṃ ca svataraṇaistaratām bījabhaktadravyopaskarāṃścānūpagrāmāṇāṃ tārayatām || KAZ_02.28.17 ||
brāhmaṇapravrajitabālavṛddhavyādhitaśāsanaharagarbhiṇyo nāvadhyakṣamudrābhistareyuḥ || KAZ_02.28.18 ||
kṛtapraveśāḥ pāraviṣayikāḥ sārthapramāṇā vā praviśeyuḥ || KAZ_02.28.19 ||
parasya bhāryāṃ kanyāṃ vittaṃ vāpaharantaṃ śavittaṃ vāpaharantaṃ śaṅkitamāvignamudbhāṇḍīkṛtaṃ mahābhāṇḍena mūrdhni bhāreṇāvacchādayantaṃ sadyogṛhītaliṅginamaliṅginaṃ vā pravrajitamalakṣyavyādhitaṃ bhayavikāriṇaṃ gūḍhasārabhāṇḍaśāsanaśastrāgniyogaṃ viṣahastaṃ dīrghapathikamamudraṃ copagrāhayet || KAZ_02.28.20 ||
kṣudrapaśurmanuṣyaśca sabhāro māṣakaṃ dadyāt śirobhāraḥ kāyabhāro gavāśvaṃ ca dvau uṣṭramahiṣaṃ caturaḥ pañca labhuyānaṃ ṣaḍgoliṅgaṃ sapta śakaṭam panyabhāraḥ pādam || KAZ_02.28.21 ||
tena bhāṇḍabhāro vyākhyātaḥ || KAZ_02.28.22 ||
dviguṇo mahānadīṣu taraḥ || KAZ_02.28.23 ||
klṛptamānūpagrāmā bhaktavetanaṃ dadyuḥ || KAZ_02.28.24 ||
pratyanteṣu tarāḥ śulkamātivāhikaṃ vartanīṃ ca gṛhṇīyuḥ nirgacchataścāmudradravyasya bhāṇḍaṃ hareyuḥ atibhāreṇāvelāyāmatirthe tarataśca || KAZ_02.28.25 ||
puruṣopakaraṇahīnāyāmasaṃskṛtāyāṃ vā nāvi vipannāyāṃ nāvadhhyakṣo naṣṭaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ vābhyāvahet || KAZ_02.28.26 ||
saptāhavṛttāmāṣāḍhīṃ kārttikīṃ cāntarā taraḥ || KAZ_02.28.27ab ||
kārmikaḥ pratyayaṃ dadyānnityaṃ cāhnikamāvahet || KAZ_02.28.27cd ||
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