Arthashastra

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वाणिजको वृत्ति क्षीणः प्रज्ञा शौच युक्तो वैदेहक व्यञ्जनः ॥

A trader, fallen from his profession, but possessed of foresight and pure character, is a merchant spy.

english translation

vANijako vRtti kSINaH prajJA zauca yukto vaidehaka vyaJjanaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स वणिक् कर्म प्रदिष्टायां भूमौ इति समानं पूर्वेण ॥

This spy shall carry on the manufacture of merchandise on lands allotted to him for the purpose, etc.,--as before.

english translation

sa vaNik karma pradiSTAyAM bhUmau iti samAnaM pUrveNa ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

मुण्डो जटिलो वा वृत्ति कामस् तापस व्यञ्जनः ॥

A man with shaved head (munda) or braided hair (jatila) and desirous to earn livelihood is a spy under the guise of an ascetic practising austerities.

english translation

muNDo jaTilo vA vRtti kAmas tApasa vyaJjanaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स नगर अभ्याशे प्रभूत मुण्ड जटिल अन्तेवासी शाकं यव मुष्टिं वा मास द्विमास अन्तरं प्रकाशम् अश्नीयात्, गूढम् इष्टम् आहारम् ॥

Such a spy surrounded by a host of disciples with shaved head or braided hair may take his abode in the suburbs of a city, and pretend as a person barely living on a handful of vegetables or meadow grass (yavasamushti) taken once in the interval of a month or two, but he may take in secret his favourite food-stuffs (gúdhamishtamáháram).

english translation

sa nagara abhyAze prabhUta muNDa jaTila antevAsI zAkaM yava muSTiM vA mAsa dvimAsa antaraM prakAzam aznIyAt, gUDham iSTam AhAram ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

वैदेहक अन्तेवासिनश् च एनं समिद्ध योगैर् अर्चयेयुः ॥

Merchant spies pretending to be his disciples may worship him as one possessed of preternatural powers.

english translation

vaidehaka antevAsinaz ca enaM samiddha yogair arcayeyuH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript