Arthashastra

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ताभ्यां पीडनैर् यथा उक्तैश् च पीडितः, सक्तो मुख्येषु, परिहार उपहतः, प्रकीर्णो, मिथ्या संहृतः, सामन्त अटवी हृत इति कोश सङ्ग वर्गः ॥

Such is the group of obstructions. Financial troubles due to the two kinds of obstruction and to the molestations described above are stagnation of financial position, loss of wealth due to the allowance of remission of taxes in favour of leaders, scattered revenue, false account of revenue collected, and revenue left in the custody of a neighbouring king or of a wild tribe.

english translation

tAbhyAM pIDanair yathA uktaiz ca pIDitaH, sakto mukhyeSu, parihAra upahataH, prakIrNo, mithyA saMhRtaH, sAmanta aTavI hRta iti koza saGga vargaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript