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 9.3

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[English text for this chapter is available]

alpaḥ paścātkopo mahānpurastāllābha iti alpaḥ paścātkopo garīyān || KAZ_09.3.01 ||

alpaṃ paścātkopaṃ prayātassya dūṣyāmitrāṭavikā hi sarvataḥ samedhayanti prakṛtikopo vā || KAZ_09.3.02 ||

labdhamapi ca mahāntaṃ purastāllāhamevaṃ bhūte bhṛtyamitrakṣayavyayā grasante || KAZ_09.3.03 ||

tasmātsahasraikīyaḥ purastāllābhasyāyogaḥ śataikīyo vā paścātkopa iti na yāyāt || KAZ_09.3.04 ||

sūcīmukhā hyanarthā iti lokapravādaḥ || KAZ_09.3.05 ||

paścātkope sāmadānabhedadaṇḍānprayuñjīta || KAZ_09.3.06 ||

purastāllābhe senāpatiṃ kumāraṃ vā daṇḍacāriṇaṃ kurvīta || KAZ_09.3.07 ||

balavānvā rājā paścātkopāvagrahasamarthaḥ purastāllābhamādātuṃ yāyāt || KAZ_09.3.08 ||

abhyantarakopaśaṅkāyāṃ śaṅkitānādāya yāyātbāhyakopaśaṅkāyāṃ vā putradārameṣām || KAZ_09.3.09 ||

abhyantarāvagrahaṃ kṛtvā śūnyapālamanekabalavargamanekamukhyaṃ ca sthāpayitvā yāyāt na vā yāyāt || KAZ_09.3.10 ||

abhyantarakopo bāhyakopātpāpīyānityuktaṃ purastāt || KAZ_09.3.11 ||

mantrapurohitasenāpatiyuvarājānāmanyatamakopo'bhyantarakopaḥ || KAZ_09.3.12 ||

tamātmadoṣatyāgena paraśaktyaparādhavaśena vā sādhayet || KAZ_09.3.13 ||

mahāparādhe'pi purohite samrodhanamavasrāvaṇaṃ vā siddhiḥ yuvarāje samrodhanaṃ nigraho vā guṇavatyanyasmin sati putre || KAZ_09.3.14 ||

putraṃ bhrātaramanyaṃ vā kulyaṃ rājagrāhiṇamutsāhena sādhayet utsāhābbhāve gṛhītānuvartanasaṃdhikarmabhyāmarisaṃdhānabhayāt || KAZ_09.3.15 ||

anyebhyastadvidhebhyo vā bhūmidānairviśvāsayedenam || KAZ_09.3.16 ||

tadviśiṣṭaṃ svayaṃ grāhaṃ daṇḍaṃ vā preṣayetsāmantāṭavikānvā tairvigṛhītamatisaṃdadhyāt || KAZ_09.3.17 ||

aparuddhādānaṃ pāragrāmikaṃ vā yogamātiṣṭhet || KAZ_09.3.18 ||

etena mantrasenāpatī vyākhyātau || KAZ_09.3.19 ||

mantryādivarjānāmantaramātyānāmanyatamakopo'ntaramātyakopaḥ || KAZ_09.3.20 ||

tatrāpi yathārhamupāyānprayuñjīta || KAZ_09.3.21 ||

rāṣṭramukhyāntapālāṭavikadaṇḍopanatānāmanyatamakopo bāhyakopaḥ || KAZ_09.3.22 ||

tamanyonyenāvagrāhayet || KAZ_09.3.23 ||

atidurgapratiṣṭabdhaṃ vā sāmantāṭavikatatkulīnāparuddhānāmanyatamenāvagrāhayet || KAZ_09.3.24 ||

mitreṇopagrāhayedvā yathā nāmitraṃ gacchet || KAZ_09.3.25 ||

amitrādvā sattrī bhedayedenaṃ ayaṃ tvā yogapuruṣaṃ manyamāno bhartaryeva vikramayiṣyati avāptārtho daṇḍacāriṇamamitrāṭavikeṣu kṛcchre vā prayāse yokṣyati viputradāramante vā vāsayiṣyati || KAZ_09.3.26 ||

pratihatavikramaṃ tvāṃ bhartary paṇyaṃ kariṣyati tvayā vā saṃdhiṃ kṛtvā bhartārameva prasādayiṣyati || KAZ_09.3.27 ||

mitramupakṛṣṭaṃ vāsya gaccha iti || KAZ_09.3.28 ||

pratipannamiṣṭābhiprāyaiḥ pūjayet || KAZ_09.3.29 ||

apratipannasya saṃśrayaṃ bhedayedasau te yogapuruṣaḥ praṇihitaḥ iti || KAZ_09.3.30 ||

sattrī cainamabhityaktaśāsanairghātayet gūḍhapuruṣairvā || KAZ_09.3.31 ||

sahaprasthāyino vāsya pravīrapuruṣānyathābhiprāyakaraṇenāvāhayet || KAZ_09.3.32 ||

tena praṇihitān sattrī brūyāt || KAZ_09.3.33 ||

iti siddhiḥ || KAZ_09.3.34 ||

parasya cainān kopānutthāpayet ātmanaśca śamayet || KAZ_09.3.35 ||

yaḥ kopaṃ kartuṃ śamayituṃ vā śaktastatropajāpaḥ kāryaḥ || KAZ_09.3.36 ||

yaḥ satyasaṃdhaḥ śaktaḥ karmaṇi phalāvāptau cānugrahītuṃ vinipāte ca trātuṃ tatra pratijāpaḥ kāryaḥ tarkayitavyaśca kalyāṇabuddhirutāho śaṭha iti || KAZ_09.3.37 ||

śaṭho hi bāhyo'bhyantaramevamupajapati bhartāraṃ cedd hatvā māṃ pratipādayiṣyati śatruvadho bhūmilābhaśca me dvividho lābho bhaviṣyati atha vā śatrurenamāhaniṣyatīti hatabandhupakṣastulyadoṣadaṇḍenodvignaśca me bhūyānakṛtyapakṣo bhaviṣyati tadvidhe vānyasminnapi śaṅkito bhaviṣyati anyamanyaṃ cāsya mukhyamabhityaktaśāsanena ghātayiṣyāmi iti || KAZ_09.3.38 ||

abhyantaro vā śaṭho bāhyamevamupajapati kośamasya hariṣyāmi daṇḍaṃ vāsya haniṣyāmi duṣṭaṃ vā bhartāramanena ghātayiṣyāmi pratipannaṃ bāhyamamitrāṭavikeṣu vikramayiṣyāmi cakramasya sajyatām vairamasya prasajyatām tataḥ svādhīno me bhaviṣyati tato bhartārameva prasādayiṣyāmi svayaṃ vā rājyaṃ grahīṣyāmiṇ baddhvā vā bāhyabhūmiṃ bhartṛbhūmiṃ cobhayamavāpsyāmi viruddhaṃ vāvāhayitvā bāhyaṃ viśvastaṃ ghātayiṣyāmi śūnyaṃ vāsya mūlaṃ hariṣyāmi iti || KAZ_09.3.39 ||

kalyāṇabuddhistu sahajīvyarthamupajapati || KAZ_09.3.40 ||

kalyāṇabuddhinā saṃdadhīta śaṭhaṃ tathā iti pratigṛhyātisaṃdadhyāt iti || KAZ_09.3.41 ||

evamupalabhya pare parebhyaḥ sve svebhyaḥ sve parebhyaḥ svataḥ pare || KAZ_09.3.42ab ||

rakṣyāḥ svebhyaḥ parebhyaśca nityamātmā vipaścitā || KAZ_09.3.42cd ||

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Arthashastra Chapter 9.3

The Kautiliya Arthasastra: 3 Volumes
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[Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]

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by Acharya Vishnu Gupta (आचार्य विष्णु गुप्त) (1991)

1947 pages; Set of 4 Volumes; [Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]

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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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