Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/16/24

वारि पथे वा यान भागक पथ्य् अदन पण्य प्रतिपण्य अर्घ प्रमाण यात्रा काल भय प्रतीकार पण्य पत्तन चारित्राण्य् उपलभेत ॥

sanskrit

He shall also gather information as to conveyance-charges (yánabhágaka), subsistence on the way (pathyadana), value of foreign merchandise that can be obtained in barter for local merchandise, occasions of pilgrimages (yátrakála), means that can be employed to ward off dangers (of the journey), and the history of commercial towns (panyapattanacháritra).

english translation

vAri pathe vA yAna bhAgaka pathy adana paNya pratipaNya argha pramANa yAtrA kAla bhaya pratIkAra paNya pattana cAritrANy upalabheta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/16/24

वारि पथे वा यान भागक पथ्य् अदन पण्य प्रतिपण्य अर्घ प्रमाण यात्रा काल भय प्रतीकार पण्य पत्तन चारित्राण्य् उपलभेत ॥

sanskrit

He shall also gather information as to conveyance-charges (yánabhágaka), subsistence on the way (pathyadana), value of foreign merchandise that can be obtained in barter for local merchandise, occasions of pilgrimages (yátrakála), means that can be employed to ward off dangers (of the journey), and the history of commercial towns (panyapattanacháritra).

english translation

vAri pathe vA yAna bhAgaka pathy adana paNya pratipaNya argha pramANa yAtrA kAla bhaya pratIkAra paNya pattana cAritrANy upalabheta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript