Arthashastra
दूष्य महा मात्रं वा "सूदो भक्ष कारो वा ते शोभनः" इति स्तवेन भक्ष्य भोज्यं याचेत, बहिर् वा क्वचिद् अध्व गतः पानीयम् ॥
A sauce-maker or a sweetmeat-maker may request of a seditious minister some sauce and sweetmeat by flattering him--"thou alone art worthy of such things."
english translation
dUSya mahA mAtraM vA "sUdo bhakSa kAro vA te zobhanaH" iti stavena bhakSya bhojyaM yAceta, bahir vA kvacid adhva gataH pAnIyam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptराज कर्मचारियों का कंटक पन
Concerning The Awards Of Punishments
2.
राज्यकोश बढ़ाने का उपाय
Replenishment Of The Treasury
3.
भृत्यों के भरण पोपण की विधि
Concerning Subsistence To Government Servants.
4.
मन्त्री आदि का राजा के प्रति व्यवहार
The Conduct Of A Courtie
5.
समय-सेवा
Time-Servin
6.
राजा पर आने वाली विपत्ति और उनका प्रतिकार
Consolidation Of The Kingdom And Absolute Sovereignty
दूष्य महा मात्रं वा "सूदो भक्ष कारो वा ते शोभनः" इति स्तवेन भक्ष्य भोज्यं याचेत, बहिर् वा क्वचिद् अध्व गतः पानीयम् ॥
A sauce-maker or a sweetmeat-maker may request of a seditious minister some sauce and sweetmeat by flattering him--"thou alone art worthy of such things."
english translation
dUSya mahA mAtraM vA "sUdo bhakSa kAro vA te zobhanaH" iti stavena bhakSya bhojyaM yAceta, bahir vA kvacid adhva gataH pAnIyam ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript