Arthashastra
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संघ मुख्य पुत्रम् आत्म सम्भावितं वा सत्त्री ग्राहयेत् "अमुष्य राज्ञः पुत्रस् त्वम्, शत्रु भयाद् इह न्यस्तो असि" इति ॥
Or a spy may tell a self-confident son of the chief of corporations: "You are the son of such and such a king and are kept here under the apprehension of danger from enemies."
english translation
saMgha mukhya putram Atma sambhAvitaM vA sattrI grAhayet "amuSya rAjJaH putras tvam, zatru bhayAd iha nyasto asi" iti ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptप्रतिपन्नं राजा कोश दण्डाभ्याम् उपगृह्य संघेषु विक्रमयेत् ॥
When he is deluded with this belief, the conqueror may help him with men and money and set him against the corporations.
english translation
pratipannaM rAjA koza daNDAbhyAm upagRhya saMgheSu vikramayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअवाप्त अर्थस् तम् अपि प्रवासयेत् ॥
When the object in view is realised, the conqueror may also banish him.
english translation
avApta arthas tam api pravAsayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptबन्धकी पोषकाः प्लवक नट नर्तक सौभिका वा प्रणिहिताः स्त्रीभिः परम रूप यौवनाभिः संघ मुख्यान् उन्मादयेयुः ॥
Keepers of harlots or dancers, players, and actors may, after gaining access, excite love in the minds of the chiefs of corporations by exhibiting women endowed with bewitching youth and beauty.
english translation
bandhakI poSakAH plavaka naTa nartaka saubhikA vA praNihitAH strIbhiH parama rUpa yauvanAbhiH saMgha mukhyAn unmAdayeyuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptजात कामानाम् अन्यतमस्य प्रत्ययं कृत्वा अन्यत्र गमनेन प्रसभ हरणेन वा कलहान् उत्पादयेयुः ॥
By causing the woman to go to another person or by pretending that another person has violently carried her off, they may bring about quarrel among those who love that woman
english translation
jAta kAmAnAm anyatamasya pratyayaM kRtvA anyatra gamanena prasabha haraNena vA kalahAn utpAdayeyuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript