Arthashastra

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"यथा चण्डाल उद पानश् चण्डालानाम् एव उपभोग्यो न अन्येषाम्, एवम् अयं राजा नीचो नीचानाम् एव उपभोग्यो न त्वद्विधानाम् आर्याणाम्, असौ राजा पुरुष विशेषज्ञः, तत्र गम्यताम्" इति मानि वर्गम् उपजापयेत् ॥

In like manner haughty persons may be won over by telling that „just as a reservoir of water belonging to Chándálas is serviceable only to Chándálas, but not to others, so this king of low-birth confers his patronage only on low-born people, but not on Aryas like thee; so the other king who is possessed of power to distinguish between men and men may be courted.‟

english translation

"yathA caNDAla uda pAnaz caNDAlAnAm eva upabhogyo na anyeSAm, evam ayaM rAjA nIco nIcAnAm eva upabhogyo na tvadvidhAnAm AryANAm, asau rAjA puruSa vizeSajJaH, tatra gamyatAm" iti mAni vargam upajApayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript