Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/21/29

ततः सार्थम् अध्यक्षो अभिगम्य ब्रूयात् "इदम् अमुष्याम् उष्य च सार भाण्डं फल्गु भाण्डं च, न निहूहितव्यम्, एष राज्ञः प्रभावः" इति ॥

sanskrit

The superintendent shall tell the merchants (in question) that such and such a merchant has brought such and such amount of superior or inferior merchandise, which none can possibly hide, and that that information is due to the omniscient power of the king.

english translation

tataH sArtham adhyakSo abhigamya brUyAt "idam amuSyAm uSya ca sAra bhANDaM phalgu bhANDaM ca, na nihUhitavyam, eSa rAjJaH prabhAvaH" iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/21/29

ततः सार्थम् अध्यक्षो अभिगम्य ब्रूयात् "इदम् अमुष्याम् उष्य च सार भाण्डं फल्गु भाण्डं च, न निहूहितव्यम्, एष राज्ञः प्रभावः" इति ॥

sanskrit

The superintendent shall tell the merchants (in question) that such and such a merchant has brought such and such amount of superior or inferior merchandise, which none can possibly hide, and that that information is due to the omniscient power of the king.

english translation

tataH sArtham adhyakSo abhigamya brUyAt "idam amuSyAm uSya ca sAra bhANDaM phalgu bhANDaM ca, na nihUhitavyam, eSa rAjJaH prabhAvaH" iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript