Arthashastra

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तस्माद् दण्ड मूलास् तिस्रो विद्याः ॥

HENCE the (first) three sciences (out of the four) are dependent for their well-being on the science of government.

english translation

tasmAd daNDa mUlAs tisro vidyAH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

विनय मूलो दण्डः प्राणभृतां योग क्षेम आवहः ॥

Danda, punishment, which alone can procure safety and security of life is, in its turn, dependent on discipline (vinaya).

english translation

vinaya mUlo daNDaH prANabhRtAM yoga kSema AvahaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कृतकः स्वाभाविकश् च विनयः ॥

Discipline is of two kinds: artificial and natural.

english translation

kRtakaH svAbhAvikaz ca vinayaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

क्रिया हि द्रव्यं विनयति न अद्रव्यम् ॥

instruction (kriya) can render only a docile being conformable to the rules of discipline, and not an undocile being (adravyam).

english translation

kriyA hi dravyaM vinayati na adravyam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शुश्रूषा श्रवण ग्रहण धारण विज्ञान ऊह अपोह तत्त्व अभिनिविष्ट बुद्धिं विद्या विनयति न इतरम् ॥

The study of sciences can tame only those who are possessed of such mental faculties as obedience, hearing, grasping, retentive memory, discrimination, inference, and deliberation, but not others devoid of such faculties.

english translation

zuzrUSA zravaNa grahaNa dhAraNa vijJAna Uha apoha tattva abhiniviSTa buddhiM vidyA vinayati na itaram ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript