Arthashastra

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तस्माद् आप्त पुरुॡअ अधिष्ठितः सम्निधाता निचयान् अनुतिष्ठेत् ॥

sanskrit

Hence assisted by trustworthy persons, the chamberlain shall attend to the business of revenue collection.

english translation

tasmAd Apta purulRRa adhiSThitaH samnidhAtA nicayAn anutiSThet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/5/22

बाह्यम् अभ्यन्तरं चायं विद्याद् वर्ष शताद् अपि । यथा पृष्टो न सज्जेत व्यये शेषे च संचये ॥

sanskrit

He shall have so thorough a knowledge of both external and internal incomes running even for a hundred years that, when questioned, he can point out without hesitation the exact amount of net balance that remains after expenditure has been met with.

english translation

bAhyam abhyantaraM cAyaM vidyAd varSa zatAd api । yathA pRSTo na sajjeta vyaye zeSe ca saMcaye ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/5/21

तस्माद् आप्त पुरुॡअ अधिष्ठितः सम्निधाता निचयान् अनुतिष्ठेत् ॥

sanskrit

Hence assisted by trustworthy persons, the chamberlain shall attend to the business of revenue collection.

english translation

tasmAd Apta purulRRa adhiSThitaH samnidhAtA nicayAn anutiSThet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/5/22

बाह्यम् अभ्यन्तरं चायं विद्याद् वर्ष शताद् अपि । यथा पृष्टो न सज्जेत व्यये शेषे च संचये ॥

sanskrit

He shall have so thorough a knowledge of both external and internal incomes running even for a hundred years that, when questioned, he can point out without hesitation the exact amount of net balance that remains after expenditure has been met with.

english translation

bAhyam abhyantaraM cAyaM vidyAd varSa zatAd api । yathA pRSTo na sajjeta vyaye zeSe ca saMcaye ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript