Arthashastra

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महा क्षय व्यय निवेशायां हि भूमौ दुर्बलो राज बीजी निविष्टः सगन्धाभिः प्रकृतिभिः सह क्षय व्ययेन अवसीदति ॥

When the colonization of a land entails much expenditure of men and money, and when a weak and base-born man attempts to colonize it, he will perish along with his people in consequence of his loss of men and money.

english translation

mahA kSaya vyaya nivezAyAM hi bhUmau durbalo rAja bIjI niviSTaH sagandhAbhiH prakRtibhiH saha kSaya vyayena avasIdati ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript