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siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/11/31

अन्याय वृत्तिर् निविष्टम् अप्य् उत्थापयेत् ॥

and when it is easy to drive out a man of unrighteous character from the colony in which he has firmly established himself.

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siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/11/32

स कथम् अनिविष्टं निवेशयेत् ॥

none can expect that a man of unrighteous character would be capable of colonizing a tract of waste land and keeping it secure.

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siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/11/33

तेन व्यसनी व्याख्यातः ॥

the same fact explains the fate of such a colonizer as is addicted to evil ways.

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siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/11/34

दैव प्रमाणो मानुष हीनो निरारम्भो विपन्न कर्म आरम्भो वा अवसीदति ॥

whoever, trusting to fate and putting no reliance on manliness, withdraws himself from energetic work, will perish without undertaking anything or without achieving anything from his undertakings.

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siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/11/35

यत् किंचन कारी न किंचिद् आसादयति ॥

and whoever is indiscreet in his actions will achieve nothing.

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Chapter 11

Verses 36-40