Arthashastra

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व्याल एक क्रिया पथः शङ्कितो अवरुद्धो विषमः प्रभिन्नः प्रभिन्न विनिश्चयो मद हेतु विनिश्चयश् च ॥

sanskrit

Rogue elephants can be trained only in one way. The only means to keep them under control is punishment. It has a suspicious aversion to work, is obstinate, of perverse nature, unsteady, willful.

english translation

vyAla eka kriyA pathaH zaGkito avaruddho viSamaH prabhinnaH prabhinna vinizcayo mada hetu vinizcayaz ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/32/8

व्याल एक क्रिया पथः शङ्कितो अवरुद्धो विषमः प्रभिन्नः प्रभिन्न विनिश्चयो मद हेतु विनिश्चयश् च ॥

sanskrit

Rogue elephants can be trained only in one way. The only means to keep them under control is punishment. It has a suspicious aversion to work, is obstinate, of perverse nature, unsteady, willful.

english translation

vyAla eka kriyA pathaH zaGkito avaruddho viSamaH prabhinnaH prabhinna vinizcayo mada hetu vinizcayaz ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript