Arthashastra

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राजानम् अवगृह्य उपजीविनः शत्रु साधारणा वा ये मुख्यास् तेषु गूढ पुरुष प्रणिधिः कृत्य पक्ष उपग्रहो वा सिद्धिः यथा उक्तं पुरस्ताद्, उपजापो अपसर्पो वा यथा पारग्रामिके वक्ष्यामः ॥

sanskrit

With regard to those chiefs who, though living by service under the king, are inimically disposed towards him, or have taken the side of his enemy, a spy with secret mission or one in the guise of an ascetic and devoted to the king's cause shall set to work as described before. or a spy trained in the art of sowing the seeds of dissension may set to work, as will be described in connection with the „Invasion of an enemy's villages.‟

english translation

rAjAnam avagRhya upajIvinaH zatru sAdhAraNA vA ye mukhyAs teSu gUDha puruSa praNidhiH kRtya pakSa upagraho vA siddhiH yathA uktaM purastAd, upajApo apasarpo vA yathA pAragrAmike vakSyAmaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/yogavrtta/1/3

राजानम् अवगृह्य उपजीविनः शत्रु साधारणा वा ये मुख्यास् तेषु गूढ पुरुष प्रणिधिः कृत्य पक्ष उपग्रहो वा सिद्धिः यथा उक्तं पुरस्ताद्, उपजापो अपसर्पो वा यथा पारग्रामिके वक्ष्यामः ॥

sanskrit

With regard to those chiefs who, though living by service under the king, are inimically disposed towards him, or have taken the side of his enemy, a spy with secret mission or one in the guise of an ascetic and devoted to the king's cause shall set to work as described before. or a spy trained in the art of sowing the seeds of dissension may set to work, as will be described in connection with the „Invasion of an enemy's villages.‟

english translation

rAjAnam avagRhya upajIvinaH zatru sAdhAraNA vA ye mukhyAs teSu gUDha puruSa praNidhiH kRtya pakSa upagraho vA siddhiH yathA uktaM purastAd, upajApo apasarpo vA yathA pAragrAmike vakSyAmaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript