Arthashastra

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अकार्याणां च करणैः कार्याणां च प्रणाशनैः । अप्रदानैश् च देयानाम् अदेयानां च साधनैः ॥

by doing what ought not to be done and not doing what ought to be done; by not paying what ought to be paid and exacting what ought not to be taken.

english translation

akAryANAM ca karaNaiH kAryANAM ca praNAzanaiH । apradAnaiz ca deyAnAm adeyAnAM ca sAdhanaiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अदण्डनैश् च दण्ड्यानाम् अदण्ड्यानां च दण्डनैः । अग्राह्याणाम् उपग्राहैर् ग्राह्याणां च अनभिग्रहैः ॥

by not punishing the guilty and severely punishing the less guilty; by arresting those who are not to be caught hold of and leaving those who are to be arrested.

english translation

adaNDanaiz ca daNDyAnAm adaNDyAnAM ca daNDanaiH । agrAhyANAm upagrAhair grAhyANAM ca anabhigrahaiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अनर्थ्यानां च करणैर् अर्थ्यानां च विघातनैः । अरक्षणैश् च चोरेभ्यः स्वयं च परिमोषणैः ॥

by undertaking risky works and destroying profitable ones; by not protecting the people against thieves and by robbing them of their wealth.

english translation

anarthyAnAM ca karaNair arthyAnAM ca vighAtanaiH । arakSaNaiz ca corebhyaH svayaM ca parimoSaNaiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पातैः पुरुष काराणां कर्मणां गुण दूषणैः । उपघातैः प्रधानानां मान्यानां च अवमाननैः ॥

by giving up manly enterprise and condemning good works; by hurting the leaders of the people and despising the worthy.

english translation

pAtaiH puruSa kArANAM karmaNAM guNa dUSaNaiH । upaghAtaiH pradhAnAnAM mAnyAnAM ca avamAnanaiH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

विरोधनैश् च वृद्धानां वैषम्येण अनृतेन च । कृतस्य अप्रतिकारेण स्थितस्य अकरणेन च ॥

by provoking the aged, by crooked conduct, and by untruthfulness; by not applying remedies against evils and neglecting works in hand.

english translation

virodhanaiz ca vRddhAnAM vaiSamyeNa anRtena ca । kRtasya apratikAreNa sthitasya akaraNena ca ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript