Arthashastra · Chapter 01.13

kṛta.mahā.mātra.apasarpaḥ paura.jānapadān apasarpayet //

sattriṇo dvandvinas tīrtha.sabhā.pūga.jana.samavāyeṣu vivādaṃ kuryuḥ //

"sarva.guṇa.sampannaś ca^ayaṃ rājā śrūyate, na ca^asya kaścid guṇo dṛśyate yaḥ paura.jānapadān daṇḍa.karābhyāṃ pīḍayati" iti //

tatra ye^anupraśaṃseyus tān itaras taṃ ca pratiṣedhayet //

"mātsya.nyāya.abhibhūtāḥ prajā manuṃ vaivasvataṃ rājānaṃ cakrire //

dhānya.ṣaḍ.bhāgaṃ paṇya.daśa.bhāgaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca^asya bhāga.dheyaṃ prakalpayām-āsuḥ //

tena bhṛtā rājānaḥ prajānāṃ yoga.kṣema.āvahāḥ //

teṣāṃ kilbiṣam adaṇḍa.karā haranty ayoga.kṣema.āvahāś ca prajānām //

tasmād uñcha.ṣaḍ.bhāgam āraṇyakā^api nirvapanti - "tasya^etad bhāga.dheyaṃ yo^asmān gopāyati" iti //

indra.yama.sthānam etad rājānaḥ pratyakṣa.heḍa.prasādāḥ //

tān avamanyamānān daivo^api daṇḍaḥ spṛśati //

tasmād rājāno na^avamantavyāḥ //

ity evaṃ kṣudrakān pratiṣedhayet //

kiṃ.vadantīṃ ca vidyuḥ //

ye ca^asya dhānya.paśu.hiraṇyāny ājīvanti, tair upakurvanti vyasane^abhyudaye vā, kupitaṃ bandhuṃ rāṣṭraṃ vā vyāvartayanti, amitram āṭavikaṃ vā pratiṣedhayanti, teṣāṃ muṇḍa.jaṭila.vyañjanās tuṣṭa.atuṣṭatvaṃ vidyuḥ //

tuṣṭān bhūyo^artha.mānābhyāṃ pūjayet //

atuṣṭāṃs tuṣṭi.hetos tyāgena sāmnā ca prasādayet //

parasparād vā bhedayed enān, sāmanta.āṭavika.tat.kulīna.aparuddhebhyaś ca //

tathā^apy atuṣyato daṇḍa.kara.sādhana.adhikāreṇa janapada.vidveṣaṃ grāhayet //

viviṣṭān upāṃśu.daṇḍena janapada.kopena vā sādhayet //

gupta.putra.dārān ākara.karma.anteṣu vā vāsayet pareṣām āspada.bhayāt //

kruddha.lubdha.bhīta.māninas tu pareṣāṃ kṛtyāḥ //

teṣāṃ kārtāntika.naimittika.mauhūrtika.vyañjanāḥ paraspara.abhisambandham amitra.āṭavika.sambandhaṃ vā vidyuḥ //

tuṣṭān artha.mānābhyāṃ pūjayet /

atuṣṭān sāma.dāna.bheda.daṇḍaiḥ sādhayet //
KAZ01.13.26ab/ evaṃ sva.viṣaye kṛtyān akṛtyāṃś ca vicakṣaṇaḥ /
KAZ01.13.26cd/ para.upajāpāt samrakṣet pradhānān kṣudrakān api //E
(Winning over the seducible and non-seducible parties in the enemy"s territory)