Arthashastra · Chapter 01.9

jānapado abhijātaḥ svavagrahaḥ kṛta.śilpaś cakṣuṣmān prājño dhārayiṣṇur dakṣo vāgmī pragalbhaḥ pratipattimān utsāha.prabhāva.yuktaḥ kleśa.sahaḥ śucir maitro dṛḍha.bhaktiḥ śīla.bala.ārogya.sattva.yuktaḥ stambha.cāpala.hīnaḥ sampriyo vairāṇām akartā^ity amātya.sampat //

ataḥ pāda.argha.guṇa.hīnau madhyama.avarau //

teṣāṃ janapad.abhijanam avagrahaṃ ca^āptataḥ parīkṣeta, samāna.vidyebhyaḥ śilpaṃ śāstra.cakṣuṣmattāṃ ca, karma.ārambheṣu prajñāṃ dhārayiṣṇutāṃ dākṣyaṃ ca, kathā.yogeṣu vāgmitvaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ pratibhānavattvaṃ ca, saṃvāsibhyaḥ śīla.bala.ārogya.sattva.yogam astambham acāpalaṃ ca, pratyakṣataḥ sampriyatvam avairatvaṃ ca //

pratyakṣa.parokṣa.anumeyā hi rāja.vṛttiḥ //

svayaṃ drṣṭaṃ pratyakṣam //

para.upadiṣṭaṃ parokṣam //

karmasu kṛtena^akṛta.avekṣaṇam anumeyam //

yaugapadyāt tu karmaṇām anekatvād anekasthatvāc ca deśa.kāla.atyayo mā bhūd iti parokṣam amātyaiḥ kārayet // ity amātya.karma /

purohitam udita.udita.kula.śīlaṃ sa-aṅge vede daive nimitte daṇḍa.nītyāṃ ca^abhivinītam āpadāṃ daiva.mānuṣīṇām atharvabhir upāyaiś ca pratikartāraṃ kurvīta //

tam ācāryaṃ śiṣyaḥ pitaraṃ putro bhṛtyaḥ svāminam iva ca^anuvarteta //
KAZ01.9.11ab/ brāhmaṇena^edhitaṃ kṣatraṃ mantri.mantra.abhimantritam /
KAZ01.9.11cd/ jayaty ajitam atyantaṃ śāstra.anugama.śastritam //E
(Ascertainment of the integrity or the absence of integrity of minister by means of secret tests)