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तस्यां चातुर्वर्ण्य निवेशे सर्व भोग सहत्वाद् अवर वर्ण प्राया श्रेयसी, बाहुल्याद् ध्रुवत्वाच् च कृष्याः कर्षकवती, कृष्याश् च अन्येषां च आरम्भाणां प्रयोजकत्वात् गो रक्षकवती, पण्य निचय ऋण अनुग्रहाद् आढ्य वणिग्वती ॥
Of cultivated and uncultivated tracts, the uncultivated tract may be suitable for various kinds of agricultural operations; and when it is fertile, adapted for pasture grounds, manufacture of merchandise, mercantile transactions of borrowing and lending, and attractive to rich merchants.
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भूमि गुणानाम् अपाश्रयः श्रेयान् ॥
it is still far better (than a cultivated tract).
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दुर्ग अपाश्रया पुरुष अपाश्रया वा भूमिर् इति पुरुष अपाश्रया श्रेयसी ॥
Which is better of the two, the tract of land with forts or that which is thickly populated? The latter is better;
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पुरुषवद् धि राज्यम् ॥
for that which is thickly populated is a kingdom in all its senses.
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अपुरुषा गौर् वन्ध्य् एव किं दुहीत ॥
What can a depopulated country like a barren cow be productive of?
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