Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/12/21

वारि पथे तु कूल सम्यान पथयोः कूल पथः पण्य पत्तन बाहुल्यात् श्रेयान्, नदी पथो वा, सातत्याद् विषह्य आबाधत्वाच् च ॥

sanskrit

Of water-routes, one along the shore and another in mid-ocean, the route along, and close to the shore is better, as it touches at many trading port-towns.

english translation

vAri pathe tu kUla samyAna pathayoH kUla pathaH paNya pattana bAhulyAt zreyAn, nadI patho vA, sAtatyAd viSahya AbAdhatvAc ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/12/21

वारि पथे तु कूल सम्यान पथयोः कूल पथः पण्य पत्तन बाहुल्यात् श्रेयान्, नदी पथो वा, सातत्याद् विषह्य आबाधत्वाच् च ॥

sanskrit

Of water-routes, one along the shore and another in mid-ocean, the route along, and close to the shore is better, as it touches at many trading port-towns.

english translation

vAri pathe tu kUla samyAna pathayoH kUla pathaH paNya pattana bAhulyAt zreyAn, nadI patho vA, sAtatyAd viSahya AbAdhatvAc ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript