Arthashastra

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सुरुङ्गा युक्ते वा कूपे नागम् अनियत शिरस्कं हिरण्य उपहारेण दर्शयेत् ॥

sanskrit

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 Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/yogavrtta/2/42

सुरुङ्गा युक्ते वा कूपे नागम् अनियत शिरस्कं हिरण्य उपहारेण दर्शयेत् ॥

sanskrit

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 Sanscript