Arthashastra · Chapter 04.1

pradeṣṭāras trayas trayo^amātyāḥ kaṇṭaka.śodhanaṃ kuryuḥ //

arthya.pratīkārāḥ kāru.śāsitāraḥ saṃnikṣeptāraḥ sva.vitta.kāravaḥ śreṇī.pramāṇā nikṣepaṃ gṛhṇīyuḥ //

vipattau śreṇī nikṣepaṃ bhajeta //

nirdiṣṭa.deśa.kāla.kāryaṃ ca karma kuryuḥ, anirdiṣṭa.deśa.kālaṃ kārya.apadeśam //

kāla.atipātane pāda.hīnaṃ vetanaṃ tad.dvi.guṇaś ca daṇḍaḥ //

anyatra bhreṣa.upanipātābhyāṃ naṣṭaṃ vinaṣṭaṃ vā^abhyāvaheyuḥ //

kāryasya^anyathā.karaṇe vetana.nāśas tad.dvi.guṇaś ca daṇḍaḥ //

tantu.vāyā daśa.ekādaśikaṃ sūtraṃ vardhayeyuḥ //

vṛddhic.chede cheda.dvi.guṇo daṇḍaḥ //

sūtra.mūlyaṃ vāna.vetanaṃ, kṣauma.kauśeyānām adhyardha.guṇaṃ, pattra.ūrṇā.kambala.dukūlānāṃ dvi.guṇam //

māna.hīne hīna.avahīnaṃ vetanaṃ tad.dvi.guṇaś ca daṇḍaḥ, tulā.hīne hīna.catur.guṇo daṇḍaḥ, sūtra.parivartane mūlya.dvi.guṇaḥ //

tena dvi.paṭa.vānaṃ vyākhyātam //

ūrṇā.tulāyāḥ pañca.paliko vihananac.chedo romac.chedaś ca //

rajakāḥ kāṣṭha.phalaka.ślakṣṇa.śilāsu vastrāṇi nenijyuḥ //

anyatra nenijato vastra.upaghātaṃ ṣaṭ.paṇaṃ ca daṇḍaṃ dadyuḥ //

mudgara.aṅkād anyad vāsaḥ paridadhānās tri.paṇaṃ daṇḍaṃ dadyuḥ //

para.vastra.vikraya.avakraya.ādhāneṣu ca dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, parivartane mūlya.dvi.guṇo vastra.dānaṃ ca //

mukula.avadātaṃ śilā.paṭṭa.śuddhaṃ dhauta.sūtra.varṇaṃ pramṛṣṭa.śvetaṃ ca^eka.rātra.uttaraṃ dadyuḥ //

pañca.rātrikaṃ tanu.rāgaṃ, ṣaḍ.rātrikaṃ nīlaṃ, puṣpa.lākṣā.mañjiṣṭhā.raktaṃ guru.parikarma yatna.upacāryaṃ jātyaṃ vāsaḥ sapta.rātrikam //

tataḥ paraṃ vetana.hāniṃ prāpnuyuḥ //

śraddheyā rāga.vivādeṣu vetanaṃ kuśalāḥ kalpayeyuḥ //

parārdhyānāṃ paṇo vetanaṃ, madhyamānām ardha.paṇaḥ, pratyavarāṇāṃ pādaḥ, sthūlakānāṃ māṣaka.dvi.māṣakaṃ, dvi.guṇaṃ raktakānām //

prathama.nejane catur.bhāgaḥ kṣayaḥ, dvitīye pañca.bhāgaḥ //

tena^uttaraṃ vyākhyātam //

rajakais tunna.vāyā vyākhyātāḥ //

suvarṇa.kārāṇām aśuci.hastād rūpyaṃ suvarṇam anākhyāya sarūpaṃ krīṇatāṃ dvādaśapaṇo daṇḍaḥ, virūpaṃ catur.viṃśati.paṇaḥ, cora.hastād aṣṭa.catvāriṃśat.paṇaḥ //

pracchanna.virūpa.mūlya.hīna.krayeṣu steya.daṇḍaḥ, kṛta.bhāṇḍa.upadhau ca //

suvarṇān māṣakam apaharato dvi.śato daṇḍaḥ, rūpya.dharaṇān māṣakam apaharato dvādaśa.paṇaḥ //

tena^uttaraṃ vyākhyātam //

varṇa.utkarṣam apasāraṇaṃ yogaṃ vā sādhayataḥ pañca.śato daṇḍaḥ //

tayor apacaraṇe rāgasya^apahāraṃ vidyāt //

māṣako vetanaṃ rūpya.dharaṇasya, suvarṇasya^aṣṭa.bhāgaḥ //

śikṣā.viśeṣeṇa dvi.guṇo vetana.vṛddhiḥ //

tena^uttaraṃ vyākhyātam //

tāmra.vṛtta.kaṃsa.vaikṛntaka.āra.kūṭakānāṃ pañcakaṃ śataṃ vetanam //

tāmra.piṇḍo daśa.bhāga.kṣayaḥ //

pala.hīne hīna.dvi.guṇo daṇḍaḥ //

tena^uttaraṃ vyākhyātam //

sīsa.trapu.piṇḍo viṃśati.bhāga.kṣayaḥ //

kākaṇī ca^asya pala.vetanam //

kāla.āyasa.piṇḍaḥ pañca.bhāga.kṣayaḥ //

kākaṇī.dvayaṃ ca^asya pala.vetanam //

tena^uttaraṃ vyākhyātam //

rūpa.darśakasya sthitāṃ paṇa.yātrām akopyāṃ kopayataḥ kopyām akopayato dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

vyājī.pariśuddhau paṇa.yātrā //

paṇān māṣakam upajīvato dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

tena^uttaraṃ vyākhyātam //

kūṭa.rūpaṃ kārayataḥ pratigṛhṇato niryāpayato vā sahasraṃ daṇḍaḥ, kośe prakṣipato vadhaḥ //

caraka.pāṃsu.dhāvakāḥ sāra.tri.bhāgaṃ, dvau rājā ratnaṃ ca //

ratna.apahāra uttamo daṇḍaḥ //

khani.ratna.nidhi.nivedaneṣu ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ nivettā labheta, dvādaśam aṃśaṃ bhṛtakaḥ //

śata.sahasrād ūrdhvaṃ rāja.gāmī nidhiḥ //

ūne ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ dadyāt //

paurvapauruṣikaṃ nidhiṃ jānapadaḥ śuciḥ sva.karaṇena samagraṃ labheta //

sva.karaṇa.abhāve pañca.śato daṇḍaḥ, pracchanna.ādāne sahasram //

bhiṣajaḥ prāṇa.ābādhikam anākhyāya^upakramamāṇasya vipattau pūrvaḥ sāhasa.daṇḍaḥ, karma.aparādhena vipattau madhyamaḥ //

marma.vadha.vaiguṇya.karaṇe daṇḍa.pāruṣyaṃ vidyāt //

kuśīlavā varṣā.rātram ekasthā vaseyuḥ //

kāma.dānam atimātram ekasya^ativādaṃ ca varjayeyuḥ //

tasya^atikrame dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

kāmaṃ deśa.jāti.gotra.caraṇa.maithuna.avahāsena narmayeyuḥ //

kuśīlavaiś cāraṇā bhikṣukāś ca vyākhyātāḥ //

teṣām ayaḥ.śūlena yāvataḥ paṇān abhivadeyus tāvantaḥ śiphā.prahārā daṇḍāḥ //

śeṣāṇāṃ karmaṇāṃ niṣpatti.vetanaṃ śilpināṃ kalpayet //
KAZ04.1.65ab/ evaṃ corān acora.ākhyān vaṇik.kāru.kuśīlavān /
KAZ04.1.66cd/ bhikṣukān kuhakāṃś ca^anyān vārayed deśa.pīḍanāt //E
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