Arthashastra · Chapter 07.2
saṃdhi.vigrahayos tulyāyāṃ vṛddhau saṃdhim upeyāt //
vigrahe hi kṣaya.vyaya.pravāsa.pratyavāyā bhavanti //
tena^āsana.yānayor āsanaṃ vyākhyātam //
dvaidhī.bhāva.saṃśrayayor dvaidhī.bhāvaṃ gacchet //
dvaidhī.bhūto hi sva.karma.pradhāna ātmana eva^upakaroti, saṃśritas tu parasya^upakaroti, na^ātmanaḥ //
yad.balaḥ sāmantas tad.viśiṣṭa.balam āśrayet //
tad.viśiṣṭa.bala.abhāve tam eva^āśritaḥ kośa.daṇḍa.bhūmīnām anyatamena^asya^upakartum adṛṣṭaḥ prayateta //
mahā.doṣo hi viśiṣṭa.bala.samāgamo rājñām, anyatra^ari.vigṛhītāt //
aśakye daṇḍa.upanatavad varteta //
yadā ca^asya prāṇa.haraṃ vyādhim antaḥ.kopaṃ śatru.vṛddhiṃ mitra.vyasanam upasthitaṃ vā tan.nimittām ātmanaś ca vṛddhiṃ paśyet tadā sambhāvya.vyādhi.dharma.kārya.apadeśena^apayāyāt //
sva.viṣayastho vā na^upagacchet //
āsanno vā^asya cchidreṣu praharet //
balīyasor vā madhya.gatas trāṇa.samartham āśrayeta, yasya vā^antardhiḥ syāt, ubhau vā //
kapāla.saṃśrayas tiṣṭhet, mūla.haram itarasya^itaram apadiśan //
bhedam ubhayor vā paraspara.apadeśaṃ prayuñjīta, bhinnayor upāṃśu.daṇḍam //
pārśvastho vā balasthayor āsanna.bhayāt pratikurvīta //
durga.apāśrayo vā dvaidhī.bhūtas tiṣṭhet //
saṃdhi.vigraha.krama.hetubhir vā ceṣṭeta //
dūṣya.amitra.āṭavikān ubhayor upagṛhṇīyāt //
etayor anyataraṃ gacchaṃs tair eva^anyatarasya vyasane praharet //
dvābhyām upahato vā maṇḍala.apāśrayas tiṣṭhet, madhyamam udāsīnaṃ vā saṃśrayeta //
tena saha^ekam upagṛhya^itaram ucchindyād, ubhau vā //
dvābhyām ucchinno vā madhyama.udāsīnayos tat.pakṣīyāṇāṃ vā rājñāṃ nyāya.vṛttim āśrayeta //
tulyānāṃ vā yasya prakṛtayaḥ sukhyeyur enam, yatrastho vā śaknuyād ātmānam uddhartum, yatra vā pūrva.puruṣa.ucitā gatir āsannaḥ sambandho vā, mitrāṇi bhūyāṃsy atiśaktimanti vā bhaveyuḥ //
KAZ07.2.25ab/ priyo yasya bhaved yo vā priyo^asya kataras tayoḥ /
KAZ07.2.25cd/ priyo yasya sa taṃ gacched ity āśraya.gatiḥ parā //E
(sama.hīna.jyāyasāṃ guṇa.abhiniveśaḥ - hīna.saṃdhayah)
Original text: Arthaśāstra · Edition: R. P. Kangle's edition: The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra, A critical Edtion with a Glossary, Second edition, University of Bombay 1969. · Data entry Muneo Tokunaga · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0