Arthashastra

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पर बल घात प्रयोगः, प्रलम्भनम्, स्व बल उपघात प्रतीकारः इत्य् औपनिषदिकं चतुर्दशम् अधिकरणम् ॥

Means to injure an enemy; wonderful and delusive contrivances; remedies against the injuries of one's own army.

english translation

para bala ghAta prayogaH, pralambhanam, sva bala upaghAta pratIkAraH ity aupaniSadikaM caturdazam adhikaraNam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

तन्त्र युक्तयः इति तन्त्र युक्तिः पञ्चदशम् अधिकरणम् ॥

Paragraphical divisions of this treatise.

english translation

tantra yuktayaH iti tantra yuktiH paJcadazam adhikaraNam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शास्त्र समुद्देशः पञ्चदश अधिकरणानि स अशीति प्रकरण शतं स पञ्चाशद् अध्याय शतं षट् श्लोक सहस्राणि इति ॥

Such are the contents of this Science. There are on the whole 15 books, 150 chapters, 180 sections and 6,000 slokas.

english translation

zAstra samuddezaH paJcadaza adhikaraNAni sa azIti prakaraNa zataM sa paJcAzad adhyAya zataM SaT zloka sahasrANi iti ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

सुख ग्रहण विज्ञेयं तत्त्व अर्थ पद निश्चितम् कौटिल्येन कृतं शास्त्रं विमुक्त ग्रन्थ विस्तरम् ॥

This Sástra, bereft of undue enlargement and easy to grasp and understand, has been composed by Kautilya in words the meaning of which has been definitely settled.

english translation

sukha grahaNa vijJeyaM tattva artha pada nizcitam kauTilyena kRtaM zAstraM vimukta grantha vistaram ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript