Arthashastra
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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 Sanscriptसुरुङ्गा युक्ते वा कूपे नागम् अनियत शिरस्कं हिरण्य उपहारेण दर्शयेत् ॥
Or spies may call upon spectators to see a serpent with numberless heads in a well connected with a subterranean passage and collect fees from them for the sight.
english translation
suruGgA yukte vA kUpe nAgam aniyata ziraskaM hiraNya upahAreNa darzayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptनाग प्रतिमायाम् अन्तश् छन्नायां चैत्यच् छिद्रे वल्मीकच् छिद्रे वा सर्प दर्शनम् आहारेण प्रतिबद्ध संज्ञं कृत्वा श्रद्दधानानां दर्शयेत् ॥
Or they may place in a borehole made in the body of an image of a serpent, or in a hole in the corner of a temple, or in the hollow of an ant-hill, a cobra, which is, by diet, rendered unconscious, and call upon credulous spectators to see it (on payment of a certain amount of fee).
english translation
nAga pratimAyAm antaz channAyAM caityac chidre valmIkac chidre vA sarpa darzanam AhAreNa pratibaddha saMjJaM kRtvA zraddadhAnAnAM darzayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअश्रद्दधानानाम् आचमन प्रोक्षणेषु रसम् उपचार्य देवता अभिशापं ब्रूयात्, अभित्यक्तं वा दंशयित्वा ॥
As to persons who are not by nature credulous, spies may sprinkle over or give a drink of, such sacred water as is mixed with anasthetic ingredients and attribute their insensibility to the curse of gods.
english translation
azraddadhAnAnAm Acamana prokSaNeSu rasam upacArya devatA abhizApaM brUyAt, abhityaktaM vA daMzayitvA ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptयोग दर्शन प्रतीकारेण वा कोश अभिसंहरणं कुर्यात् ॥
Or by causing an outcast person (âbhityáktá) to be bitten by a cobra, spies may collect revenue under the pretext of undertaking remedial measures against ominous phenomena.
english translation
yoga darzana pratIkAreNa vA koza abhisaMharaNaM kuryAt ॥
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
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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 Sanscriptसुरुङ्गा युक्ते वा कूपे नागम् अनियत शिरस्कं हिरण्य उपहारेण दर्शयेत् ॥
Or spies may call upon spectators to see a serpent with numberless heads in a well connected with a subterranean passage and collect fees from them for the sight.
english translation
suruGgA yukte vA kUpe nAgam aniyata ziraskaM hiraNya upahAreNa darzayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptनाग प्रतिमायाम् अन्तश् छन्नायां चैत्यच् छिद्रे वल्मीकच् छिद्रे वा सर्प दर्शनम् आहारेण प्रतिबद्ध संज्ञं कृत्वा श्रद्दधानानां दर्शयेत् ॥
Or they may place in a borehole made in the body of an image of a serpent, or in a hole in the corner of a temple, or in the hollow of an ant-hill, a cobra, which is, by diet, rendered unconscious, and call upon credulous spectators to see it (on payment of a certain amount of fee).
english translation
nAga pratimAyAm antaz channAyAM caityac chidre valmIkac chidre vA sarpa darzanam AhAreNa pratibaddha saMjJaM kRtvA zraddadhAnAnAM darzayet ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअश्रद्दधानानाम् आचमन प्रोक्षणेषु रसम् उपचार्य देवता अभिशापं ब्रूयात्, अभित्यक्तं वा दंशयित्वा ॥
As to persons who are not by nature credulous, spies may sprinkle over or give a drink of, such sacred water as is mixed with anasthetic ingredients and attribute their insensibility to the curse of gods.
english translation
azraddadhAnAnAm Acamana prokSaNeSu rasam upacArya devatA abhizApaM brUyAt, abhityaktaM vA daMzayitvA ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptयोग दर्शन प्रतीकारेण वा कोश अभिसंहरणं कुर्यात् ॥
Or by causing an outcast person (âbhityáktá) to be bitten by a cobra, spies may collect revenue under the pretext of undertaking remedial measures against ominous phenomena.
english translation
yoga darzana pratIkAreNa vA koza abhisaMharaNaM kuryAt ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript