Arthashastra
मनुष्य करं वा वृक्षे रक्षो भयं प्ररूपयित्वा सिद्ध व्यञ्जनाः पौर जानपदानां हिरण्येन प्रतिकुर्युः ॥
Or by causing a false panic owing to the arrival of an evil spirit on a tree in the city, wherein a man is hidden making all sorts of devilish noises, the king's spies, under the guise of ascetics, may collect money (with a view to propitiate the evil spirit and send it back).
english translation
manuSya karaM vA vRkSe rakSo bhayaM prarUpayitvA siddha vyaJjanAH paura jAnapadAnAM hiraNyena pratikuryuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript1.
राज कर्मचारियों का कंटक पन
Concerning The Awards Of Punishments
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
मनुष्य करं वा वृक्षे रक्षो भयं प्ररूपयित्वा सिद्ध व्यञ्जनाः पौर जानपदानां हिरण्येन प्रतिकुर्युः ॥
Or by causing a false panic owing to the arrival of an evil spirit on a tree in the city, wherein a man is hidden making all sorts of devilish noises, the king's spies, under the guise of ascetics, may collect money (with a view to propitiate the evil spirit and send it back).
english translation
manuSya karaM vA vRkSe rakSo bhayaM prarUpayitvA siddha vyaJjanAH paura jAnapadAnAM hiraNyena pratikuryuH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript