Arthashastra · Chapter 03.10

karma.udaka.mārgam ucitaṃ rundhataḥ kurvato^anucitaṃ vā pūrvaḥ sāhasa.daṇḍaḥ, setu.kūpa.puṇya.sthāna.caitya.deva.āyatanāni ca para.bhūmau niveśayataḥ //

pūrva.anuvṛttaṃ dharma.setum ādhānaṃ vikrayaṃ vā nayato nāyayato vā madhyamaḥ sāhasa.daṇḍaḥ, śrotṛṛṇām uttamaḥ, anyatra bhagna.utsṛṣṭāt //

svāmy abhāve grāmāḥ puṇya.śīlā vā pratikuryuḥ //

pathi.pramāṇaṃ durga.niveśe vyākhyātam //

kṣudra.paśu.manuṣya.pathaṃ rundhato dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, mahā.paśu.pathaṃ catur.viṃśati.paṇaḥ, hasti.kṣetra.pathaṃ catuṣ.pañcāśat.paṇaḥ, setu.vana.pathaṃ ṣaṭ.śataḥ, śmaśāna.grāma.pathaṃ dviśataḥ, droṇa.mukha.pathaṃ pañca.śataḥ, sthānīya.rāṣṭra.vivīta.pathaṃ sāhasraḥ //

atikarṣaṇe ca^eṣāṃ daṇḍa.caturthā daṇḍāḥ //

karṣaṇe pūrva.uktāḥ //

kṣetrikasya^akṣipataḥ kṣetram upavāsasya vā tyajato bīja.kāle dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, anyatra doṣa.upanipāta.aviṣahyebhyaḥ //

karadāḥ karadeṣv ādhānaṃ vikrayaṃ vā kuryuḥ, brahma.deyikā brahma.deyikeṣu //

anyathā pūrvaḥ sāhasa.daṇḍaḥ //

karadasya vā^akarada.grāmaṃ praviśataḥ //

karadaṃ tu praviśataḥ sarva.dravyeṣu prākāmyaṃ syāt, anyatra^agārāt //

tad apy asmai dadyāt //

anādeyam akṛṣato^anyaḥ pañca.varṣāṇy upabhujya prayāsa.niṣkrayeṇa dadyāt //

akaradāḥ paratra vasanto bhogam upajīveyuḥ //

grāma.arthena grāmikaṃ vrajantam upavāsāḥ paryāyeṇa^anugaccheyuḥ //

ananugacchantaḥ paṇa.ardha.paṇikaṃ yojanaṃ dadyuḥ //

grāmikasya grāmād astena.pāradārikaṃ nirasyataś catur.viṃśati.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, grāmasya^uttamaḥ //

nirastasya praveśo hy abhigamena vyākhyātaḥ //

stambhaiḥ samantato grāmād dhanuḥ.śata.apakṛṣṭam upasālaṃ kārayet //

paśu.pracāra.arthaṃ vivītam ālavanena^upajīveyuḥ //

vivītaṃ bhakṣayitvā^apasṛtānām uṣṭra.mahiṣāṇāṃ pādikaṃ rūpaṃ gṛhṇīyuḥ, gava.aśva.kharāṇāṃ ca^ardha.pādikam, kṣudra.paśūnāṃ ṣoḍaśa.bhāgikam //

bhakṣayitvā niṣaṇṇānām eta eva dvi.guṇā daṇḍāḥ, parivasatāṃ catur.guṇāḥ //

grāma.deva.vṛṣā vā^anirdaśa.ahā vā dhenur ukṣāṇo go.vṛṣāś ca^adaṇḍyāḥ //

sasya.bhakṣaṇe sasya.upaghātaṃ niṣpattitaḥ parisaṃkhyāya dvi.guṇaṃ dāpayet //

svāminaś ca^anivedya cārayato dvādaśa.paṇo daṇdaḥ, pramuñcataś catur.viṃśati.paṇaḥ //

pālinām ardha.daṇḍāḥ //

tad eva ṣaṇḍa.bhakṣaṇe kuryāt //

vāṭa.bhede dvi.guṇaḥ veśma.khala.valaya.gatānāṃ ca dhānyānāṃ bhakṣaṇe //

hiṃsā.pratīkāraṃ kuryāt //

abhaya.vana.mṛgāḥ parigṛhītā vā bhakṣayantaḥ svāmino nivedya yathā^avadhyās tathā pratiṣeddhavyāḥ //

paśavo raśmi.pratodābhyāṃ vārayitavyāḥ //

teṣām anyathā hiṃsāyāṃ daṇḍa.pāruṣya.daṇḍāḥ //

prārthayamānā dṛṣṭa.aparādhā vā sarva.upāyair niyantavyāḥ // iti kṣetra.patha.hiṃsā /

karṣakasya grāmam abhyupetya^akurvato grāma eva^atyayaṃ haret //

karma.akaraṇe karma.vetana.dvi.guṇam, hiraṇya.adāne pratyaṃśa.dvi.guṇam, bhakṣya.peya.adāne ca prahavaṇeṣu dvi.guṇam aṃśaṃ dadyāt //

prekṣāyām anaṃśadaḥ, sa-sva.jano na prekṣeta //

pracchanna.śravaṇa.īkṣaṇe ca sarva.hite ca karmaṇi nigraheṇa dvi.guṇam aṃśaṃ dadyāt //

sarva.hitam ekasya bruvataḥ kuryur ājñām //

akaraṇe dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

taṃ cet sambhūya vā hanyuḥ pṛthag eṣām aparādha.dvi.guṇo daṇḍaḥ //

upahantṛṣu viśiṣṭaḥ //

brāhmaṇaś ca^eṣāṃ jyaiṣṭhyaṃ niyamyeta //

prahavaṇeṣu ca^eṣāṃ brāhmaṇā na^akāmāḥ kuryuḥ, aṃśaṃ ca labheran //

tena deśa.jāti.kula.saṃghānāṃ samayasya^anapākarma vyākhyātam //
KAZ03.10.46ab/ rājā deśa.hitān setūn kurvatāṃ pathi saṃkramān /
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