Arthashastra · Chapter 01.18

vinīto rāja.putraḥ kṛcchra.vṛttir asadṛśe karmaṇi niyuktaḥ pitaram anuvarteta, anyatra prāṇa.ābādhaka.prakṛti.kopaka.pātakebhyaḥ //

puṇye karmaṇi niyuktaḥ puruṣam adhiṣṭhātāraṃ yācet //

puruṣa.adhiṣṭhitaś ca saviśeṣam ādeśam anutiṣṭhet //

abhirūpaṃ ca karma.phalam aupāyanikaṃ ca lābhaṃ pitur upanāyayet //

tathā^apy atuṣyantam anyasmin putre dāreṣu vā snihyantam araṇyāya^āpṛccheta //

bandha.vadha.bhayād vā yaḥ sāmanto nyāya.vṛttir dhārmikaḥ satya.vāg.avisaṃvādakaḥ pratigrahītā mānayitā ca^abhipannānāṃ tam āśrayeta //

tatrasthaḥ kośa.daṇḍa.sampannaḥ pravīra.puruṣa.kanyā.sambandham aṭavī.sambandhaṃ kṛtya.pakṣa.upagrahaṃ ca kuryāt //

eka.caraḥ suvarṇa.pāka.maṇi.rāga.hema.rūpya.paṇya.ākara.karma.antān ājīvet //

pāṣaṇḍa.saṃgha.dravyam aśrotriya.upabhogyaṃ vā deva.dravyam āḍhya.vidhavā.dravyaṃ vā gūḍham anupraviśya sārtha.yāna.pātrāṇi ca madana.rasa.yogena^atisaṃdhāya^apaharet //

pāragrāmikaṃ vā yogam ātiṣṭhet //

mātuḥ parijana.upagraheṇa vā ceṣṭeta //

kāru.śilpi.kuśīlava.cikitsaka.vāg.jīvana.pāṣaṇḍac.chadmabhir vā naṣṭa.rūpas tad.vyañjana.sakhaś.chidreṣu praviśya rājñaḥ śastra.rasābhyāṃ prahṛtya brūyāt - "aham asau kumāraḥ, saha.bhogyam idaṃ rājyam, eko na^arhati bhoktum, ye kāmayante māṃ bhartuṃ tān ahaṃ dviguṇena bhakta.vetanena^upasthāsyāmi" iti // ity aparuddha.vṛttam /

aparuddhaṃ tu mukhya.putra.apasarpāḥ pratipādya^ānayeyuḥ, mātā vā pratigṛhītā //

tyaktaṃ gūḍha.puruṣāḥ śastra.rasābhyāṃ hanyuḥ //

atyaktaṃ tulya.śīlābhiḥ strībhiḥ pānena mṛgayayā vā prasañjayitvā rātrāv upagṛhya^ānayeyuḥ //
KAZ01.18.16ab/ upasthitaṃ ca rājyena mad.ūrdhvam iti sāntvayet /
KAZ01.18.16cd/ ekastham atha samrundhyāt putravāṃs tu pravāsayet //E
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