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 Sanscriptअदण्डनैश् 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 Sanscriptअनर्थ्यानां 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 Sanscriptपातैः 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 Sanscriptविरोधनैश् 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