Agni Purana — Chapter 240
AgP 240.1
:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे षाड्गुण्यं नाम एकोनचत्वार्तिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ उभयोरित्यादिः, स्वयं व्रजेदित्यन्तः पाठः ज॥ पुस्तके नास्ति २ बलोत्करमिति ग॥ , घ॥ , ज॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३६९ छप्तेर् {२४०} :श् अथ चत्वारिंशदधिकद्विशततमो ऽध्यायः समादिः राम उवाच प्रभवोत्साहशक्तिभ्यां मन्त्रशक्तिः प्रशस्यते प्रभावोत्साहवान् काव्यो जितो देवपुरोधसा
:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe ṣāḍguṇyaṃ nāma ekonacatvārtiṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 ubhayorityādiḥ, svayaṃ vrajedityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ ja.. pustake nāsti 2 balotkaramiti ga.. , gha.. , ja.. , ña.. ca :p 369 chapter {240} :ś atha catvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ samādiḥ rāma uvāca prabhavotsāhaśaktibhyāṃ mantraśaktiḥ praśasyate prabhāvotsāhavān kāvyo jito devapurodhasā
Thus in the Agni Mahāpurāṇa the two hundred thirty-ninth chapter, called "The Six Measures of Policy." [Notes: 1. The passage beginning "ubhayoḥ" and ending "svayaṃ vrajet" is not found in manuscript ja. 2. "balotkaram" in manuscripts ga, gha, ja, and ña. p. 369, chapter 240.] Now the two hundred fortieth chapter, beginning with counsel. Rāma said: Above the powers of majesty and of energy, the power of counsel is praised: Kāvya (Śukra), who possessed majesty and energy, was defeated by the priest of the gods (Bṛhaspati).
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AgP 240.2
मन्त्रयेतेह कार्याणि नानाप्तैर् नाविपश्चिता अशक्यारम्भवृत्तीनां कुतः क्लेशादृते फलं
mantrayeteha kāryāṇi nānāptair nāvipaścitā aśakyārambhavṛttīnāṃ kutaḥ kleśādṛte phalaṃ
Here one should take counsel on affairs, not with those who are untrustworthy, nor with one who is unwise. For those whose activity consists of undertaking the impossible, whence is there fruit, apart from trouble?
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AgP 240.3
अविज्ञातस्य विज्ञानं विज्ञातस्य च निश् चयः अर्थद्वैधस्य सन्देहच्छेदनं शेषदर्शनं
avijñātasya vijñānaṃ vijñātasya ca niś cayaḥ arthadvaidhasya sandehacchedanaṃ śeṣadarśanaṃ
Ascertaining what is not known, and certainty about what is known, cutting through doubt when a matter is twofold, and seeing what remains (of it) —
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AgP 240.4
सहायाः साधनोपाया विभागो देशकालयोः विपत्तेश् च प्रतीकारः पञ्चाङ्गो मन्त्र इष्यते(१)
sahāyāḥ sādhanopāyā vibhāgo deśakālayoḥ vipatteś ca pratīkāraḥ pañcāṅgo mantra iṣyate(1)
allies, the means and expedients (of accomplishment), the apportioning of place and time, and the countering of misfortune: counsel is held to have these five parts.
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AgP 240.5
मनःप्रसादः श्रद्धा च तथा करणपाटवं सहायोत्थानसम्पच्च कर्मणां सिद्धिलक्षणं
manaḥprasādaḥ śraddhā ca tathā karaṇapāṭavaṃ sahāyotthānasampacca karmaṇāṃ siddhilakṣaṇaṃ
Serenity of mind, confidence, likewise dexterity in the instruments (of action), and the success of the allies' exertion — these are the marks of the accomplishment of undertakings.
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AgP 240.6
मदः प्रमादः कामश् च सुप्तप्रलपितानि च भिन्दन्ति मन्त्रं प्रच्छन्नाः कामिन्यो रमतान्तथा
madaḥ pramādaḥ kāmaś ca suptapralapitāni ca bhindanti mantraṃ pracchannāḥ kāminyo ramatāntathā
Intoxication, carelessness, desire, and talk uttered in sleep break counsel; and likewise women in love, hidden away, while making love.
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AgP 240.7
प्रगल्भः स्मृतिमान्वाग्मीशस्त्रे शास्त्रे च निष्ठितः अभ्यस्तकर्मा नृपतेर्दूतो भवितुर्मर्हति
pragalbhaḥ smṛtimānvāgmīśastre śāstre ca niṣṭhitaḥ abhyastakarmā nṛpaterdūto bhaviturmarhati
One who is confident, has a good memory, is eloquent, and is well grounded in arms and in the sciences, and practised in affairs, deserves to become a king's envoy.
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AgP 240.8
निसृष्टार्थो मितार्थश् च तथा शासनहारकः(२) सामर्थ्यात् पादतो हीनो दूतस्तु त्रिविधः स्मृतः
nisṛṣṭārtho mitārthaś ca tathā śāsanahārakaḥ(2) sāmarthyāt pādato hīno dūtastu trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ
One entrusted with full discretion, one with a limited commission, and likewise the mere bearer of the written order: the envoy is held to be of three kinds, each falling short (of the first) by a quarter in competence.
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AgP 240.9
नाविज्ञातं पुरं शत्रोः प्रविशेच्च न शंसदं :न् १ नय इष्यते इति ख॥ , घ॥ च २ शासनशासक इति ख॥ , छ॥ च :प् ३७० कालमीक्षेत कार्यार्थमनुज्ञातश् च निष्पतेत्
nāvijñātaṃ puraṃ śatroḥ praviśecca na śaṃsadaṃ :n 1 naya iṣyate iti kha.. , gha.. ca 2 śāsanaśāsaka iti kha.. , cha.. ca :p 370 kālamīkṣeta kāryārthamanujñātaś ca niṣpatet
He should not enter the enemy's city, nor his assembly hall, without having examined it. [Notes: 1. 'naya iṣyate' in mss. kha and gha. 2. 'śāsanaśāsaka' in mss. kha and cha. p. 370] He should watch for the (right) time for the purpose of his business, and should depart when given leave.
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AgP 240.10
छिद्रञ्च शत्रोर्जानीयात् कोषमित्रबलानि च रागापरागौ जानीयाद् दृष्टिगात्रविचेष्टितैः(१)
chidrañca śatrorjānīyāt koṣamitrabalāni ca rāgāparāgau jānīyād dṛṣṭigātraviceṣṭitaiḥ(1)
And he should find out the enemy's weak points, and his treasury, allies and forces; he should discern favour and disaffection by (people's) glances, bodily bearing and movements.
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AgP 240.11
कुर्याच्चतुर्विधं स्तोर्त्रं पक्षयोरुभयोरपि तपस्विव्यञ्जनोपेतैः सुचरैः(२) सह संवसेत्
kuryāccaturvidhaṃ stortraṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi tapasvivyañjanopetaiḥ sucaraiḥ(2) saha saṃvaset
He should set up a fourfold espionage in both parties; he should live together with good agents furnished with the marks of ascetics.
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AgP 240.12
चरः प्रकाशो दूतः स्यादप्रकाशश् चरो द्विधा बणिक् कृषीबलो लिङ्गी भिक्षुकाद्यात्मकाश् चराः
caraḥ prakāśo dūtaḥ syādaprakāśaś caro dvidhā baṇik kṛṣībalo liṅgī bhikṣukādyātmakāś carāḥ
An open agent would be the envoy, and there is the unrevealed agent: so agents are of two sorts — merchant, farmer, wearer of religious marks, mendicant, and the like are the (concealed) agents.
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AgP 240.13
यायादरिं व्यसनिनं निष्फले(३) दूतचेष्टिते प्रकृतव्यसनं यत्स्यात्तत् समीक्ष्य समुत्पतेत्
yāyādariṃ vyasaninaṃ niṣphale(3) dūtaceṣṭite prakṛtavyasanaṃ yatsyāttat samīkṣya samutpatet
He should march against an enemy who is in distress, when the envoy's efforts have borne no fruit; whatever calamity has befallen the constituents (of the enemy's state), having observed it, he should fall upon him.
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AgP 240.14
अनयाद्व्यस्यति श्रेयस्तस्मात्तद्व्यसनं स्मृतं हुताशनो जलं व्याधिर्दुर्भिक्षं मरकं तथा
anayādvyasyati śreyastasmāttadvyasanaṃ smṛtaṃ hutāśano jalaṃ vyādhirdurbhikṣaṃ marakaṃ tathā
By ill conduct one is deprived of what is good, and therefore it is called vyasana (calamity). Fire, water, disease, famine, and likewise plague —
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AgP 240.15
इति पञ्चविधं दैवं व्यसनं मानुषं परं दैवं पुरुषकारेण शान्त्या च प्रशमन्नयेत्
iti pañcavidhaṃ daivaṃ vyasanaṃ mānuṣaṃ paraṃ daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa śāntyā ca praśamannayet
thus divine calamity is of five kinds; the human is the other. Divine calamity he should quell by human effort and by propitiatory rites;
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AgP 240.16
उत्थापितेन नीत्या च मानुषं व्यसनं हरेत् मन्त्रो मन्त्रफलावाप्तिः कार्यानुष्ठानमायतिः
utthāpitena nītyā ca mānuṣaṃ vyasanaṃ haret mantro mantraphalāvāptiḥ kāryānuṣṭhānamāyatiḥ
and by exertion aroused and by policy he should remove human calamity. Counsel, the obtaining of counsel's fruit, the carrying out of business, the future,
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AgP 240.17
आयव्ययौ दण्डनीतिरमित्रप्रतिषेधनं व्यसनस्य प्रतीकारो राज्यराजाभिरक्षणं
āyavyayau daṇḍanītiramitrapratiṣedhanaṃ vyasanasya pratīkāro rājyarājābhirakṣaṇaṃ
Income and expenditure, the administration of punishment, the warding off of enemies, the remedy of calamity, the protection of the kingdom and of the king—
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AgP 240.18
इत्यमात्यस्य कर्मेदं हन्ति सव्यसनान्वितः हिरण्यधान्यवस्त्राणि वाहनं प्रजया भवेत्
ityamātyasya karmedaṃ hanti savyasanānvitaḥ hiraṇyadhānyavastrāṇi vāhanaṃ prajayā bhavet
—this is the work of the minister; (a minister) afflicted with vices destroys it. Gold, grain, garments and conveyance come about through the subjects.
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AgP 240.19
तथान्ये द्रव्यनिचया दन्ति सव्यसना प्रजा प्रजानामापदिस्थानां रक्षणं कोषदण्डयोः
tathānye dravyanicayā danti savyasanā prajā prajānāmāpadisthānāṃ rakṣaṇaṃ koṣadaṇḍayoḥ
Likewise other accumulations of goods; subjects afflicted with calamity destroy (them). The protection of subjects who are in distress, (and) of the treasury and the army—
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AgP 240.20
:न् १ दृष्टिवक्त्रविचेष्टितैर् इति ग॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ च २ स्वचरैर् इति ज॥ ३ विफले इति घ॥ , झ॥ , ञ॥ च :प् ३७१ पौराद्याश्चोपकुर्वन्ति संश्रयादिह दुर्दिनं तूष्णीं युद्धं जनत्राणं मित्रामित्रपरिग्रहः
:n 1 dṛṣṭivaktraviceṣṭitair iti ga.. , gha.. , cha.. , jha.. , ña.. ca 2 svacarair iti ja.. 3 viphale iti gha.. , jha.. , ña.. ca :p 371 paurādyāścopakurvanti saṃśrayādiha durdinaṃ tūṣṇīṃ yuddhaṃ janatrāṇaṃ mitrāmitraparigrahaḥ
[Apparatus: 1 'dṛṣṭivaktraviceṣṭitaiḥ' in mss. ga, gha, cha, jha, ña; 2 'svacaraiḥ' in ms. ja; 3 'viphale' in mss. gha, jha, ña. p. 371] And the townsmen and the rest render help; here, by taking refuge, (there is) a bad day: silent warfare, the protection of the people, the winning over of friend and foe.
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AgP 240.21
सामन्तादि कृते दोषे नश्येत्तद्व्यसनाच्च तत् भृत्यानां भरणं दानं प्रजामित्रपरिग्रहः
sāmantādi kṛte doṣe naśyettadvyasanācca tat bhṛtyānāṃ bharaṇaṃ dānaṃ prajāmitraparigrahaḥ
When a fault has been committed by the neighbouring princes and the rest, and by their calamity, that (advantage) is lost. The maintenance of dependents, giving, the winning over of subjects and allies,
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AgP 240.22
धर्मकामादिभेदश् च दुर्गसंस्कारभूषणं कोषात्तद्व्यसनाद्धन्ति कोषमूलो हि भूपतिः
dharmakāmādibhedaś ca durgasaṃskārabhūṣaṇaṃ koṣāttadvyasanāddhanti koṣamūlo hi bhūpatiḥ
and the distinguishing of dharma, pleasure and the rest, and the repair and adorning of the fort—(these come) from the treasury; by the calamity of that (treasury) he destroys (them), for the king has the treasury as his root.
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AgP 240.23
मित्रामित्रावनीहेमसाधनं रिपुमर्दनं दूरकार्याशुकारित्वं दण्डात्तद्व्यसनाद्धरेत्
mitrāmitrāvanīhemasādhanaṃ ripumardanaṃ dūrakāryāśukāritvaṃ daṇḍāttadvyasanāddharet
The securing of allies, of enemies, of land and of gold, the crushing of foes, the swift accomplishment of distant tasks—(these come) from the army; by the calamity of that he would lose (them).
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AgP 240.24
सस्तम्भयति मित्राणि अमित्रं नाशयत्यपि धनाद्यैर् उपकारित्वं मित्रात्तद्व्यसनाद्धरेत्(१)
sastambhayati mitrāṇi amitraṃ nāśayatyapi dhanādyair upakāritvaṃ mitrāttadvyasanāddharet(1)
He makes allies firm, and he also destroys the enemy; the doing of service with wealth and the like (comes) from an ally; by the calamity of that he would lose (it).
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AgP 240.25
राजा सव्यसनी हन्याद्राजकार्याणि यानि च वाग्दण्डयोश् च पारुष्यमर्थदूषणमेव च
rājā savyasanī hanyādrājakāryāṇi yāni ca vāgdaṇḍayoś ca pāruṣyamarthadūṣaṇameva ca
A king afflicted with vices would ruin whatever royal affairs there are; (his vices are) harshness of speech and of punishment, and the misuse of wealth.
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AgP 240.26
पानं स्त्री मृगया द्यूतं व्यसनानि महीपतेः आलस्यं स्तब्धता दर्पः प्रमादो द्वैधकारिता
pānaṃ strī mṛgayā dyūtaṃ vyasanāni mahīpateḥ ālasyaṃ stabdhatā darpaḥ pramādo dvaidhakāritā
Drink, women, hunting, gambling are the vices of a king; (also) sloth, stubbornness, arrogance, negligence, acting in two ways.
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AgP 240.27
इति पूर्वोपदिष्टञ्च सचिवव्यसनं स्मृतं अनावृष्टिश् च पीडादौ राष्ट्रव्यसनमुच्यते
iti pūrvopadiṣṭañca sacivavyasanaṃ smṛtaṃ anāvṛṣṭiś ca pīḍādau rāṣṭravyasanamucyate
Thus what was taught before is remembered as the calamity of the counsellor; and drought and the like, in cases of affliction, is called the calamity of the realm.
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AgP 240.28
विशीर्णयन्त्रप्राकारपरिखात्वमशस्त्रता क्षीणया सेनया नद्धं दुर्गव्यसनमुच्यते
viśīrṇayantraprākāraparikhātvamaśastratā kṣīṇayā senayā naddhaṃ durgavyasanamucyate
The being of engines, ramparts and moats broken down, the lack of weapons, being bound up with a depleted army—this is called the calamity of the fort.
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AgP 240.29
व्ययीकृतः परिक्षिप्तो ऽप्रजितो ऽसञ्चितस् तथा दषितो दरसंस्थश् च कोषव्यसनमुच्यते
vyayīkṛtaḥ parikṣipto 'prajito 'sañcitas tathā daṣito darasaṃsthaś ca koṣavyasanamucyate
Spent away, seized on all sides, not made productive, not accumulated, bitten into, and placed far off—this is called the calamity of the treasury.
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AgP 240.30
उपरुद्धं परिक्षिप्तममानितविमानितं :न् १ संस्तम्भयतीत्यादिः, मित्रात्तद्व्यसनाद्धरेदित्यन्तः पाठः छ।पुअतके नास्ति :प् ३७२ अभूतं व्याधितं श्रान्तं दूरायातन्नवागतं
uparuddhaṃ parikṣiptamamānitavimānitaṃ :n 1 saṃstambhayatītyādiḥ, mitrāttadvyasanāddharedityantaḥ pāṭhaḥ cha.puatake nāsti :p 372 abhūtaṃ vyādhitaṃ śrāntaṃ dūrāyātannavāgataṃ
Blockaded, surrounded, unhonoured or dishonoured, [apparatus: 1 the passage beginning 'saṃstambhayati' and ending 'mitrāttadvyasanāddharet' is not in ms. cha; p. 372] not (properly) constituted, diseased, exhausted, come from afar, newly arrived,
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AgP 240.31
परिक्षीणं प्रतिहतं प्रहताग्रतरन्तथा आशानिर्वेदभूयिष्ठमनृतप्राप्तमेव च
parikṣīṇaṃ pratihataṃ prahatāgratarantathā āśānirvedabhūyiṣṭhamanṛtaprāptameva ca
greatly reduced, beaten back, its vanguard struck down, full of hopelessness and disgust, and gone over to falsehood,
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AgP 240.32
कलत्रगर्भन्निक्षिप्तमन्तःशल्पं तथैव च विच्छिन्नवीवधासारं शून्यमूलं तथैव च
kalatragarbhannikṣiptamantaḥśalpaṃ tathaiva ca vicchinnavīvadhāsāraṃ śūnyamūlaṃ tathaiva ca
its wives and offspring left behind, with a thorn within, its supply-lines and reinforcements cut off, and its base left empty,
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AgP 240.33
अस्वाम्यसंहतं वापि भिन्नकूटं तथैव च दुष्पार्ष्णिग्राहमर्थञ्च बलव्यसनमुच्यते
asvāmyasaṃhataṃ vāpi bhinnakūṭaṃ tathaiva ca duṣpārṣṇigrāhamarthañca balavyasanamucyate
without a master, or not united, and with its formations broken up, and with a bad rear-guard—this too is called the calamity of the army.
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AgP 240.34
दैवोपपीडितं मित्रं ग्रस्तं शत्रुबलेन च कामक्रोधादिसंयुक्तमुत्साहादरिभिर्भवेत्
daivopapīḍitaṃ mitraṃ grastaṃ śatrubalena ca kāmakrodhādisaṃyuktamutsāhādaribhirbhavet
An ally oppressed by fate, or swallowed up by the enemy's force, or joined with lust, anger and the rest—through (their) exertion he would come to be among enemies.
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AgP 240.35
अर्थस्य दूषणं क्रोधात् पारुष्यं वाक्यदण्डयोः कामजं मृगया द्यूतं व्यसनं पानकं स्त्रियः
arthasya dūṣaṇaṃ krodhāt pāruṣyaṃ vākyadaṇḍayoḥ kāmajaṃ mṛgayā dyūtaṃ vyasanaṃ pānakaṃ striyaḥ
The misuse of wealth (arises) from anger, (as does) harshness in speech and in punishment; born of desire are hunting, gambling, drinking and women, (these being) the vices.
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AgP 240.36
वाक्पारुष्यं परं लोके उद्वेजनमनर्थकं असिद्धसाधनं दण्डस्तं युक्त्यानयेन्नृपः
vākpāruṣyaṃ paraṃ loke udvejanamanarthakaṃ asiddhasādhanaṃ daṇḍastaṃ yuktyānayennṛpaḥ
Harshness of speech is the worst in the world, causing distress and fruitless; punishment is the means for what has not been accomplished—the king should apply it with judgement.
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AgP 240.37
उद्वेजयति भूतानि दण्डपारुष्यवान् नृपः भूतान्युद्वेज्यमानानि द्विषतां यान्ति संश्रयं
udvejayati bhūtāni daṇḍapāruṣyavān nṛpaḥ bhūtānyudvejyamānāni dviṣatāṃ yānti saṃśrayaṃ
A king given to harshness of punishment terrifies (his) subjects; and the beings so terrified go over to the side of (his) enemies.
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AgP 240.38
विवृद्धाः शत्रवश् चैव विनाशाय भवन्ति ते दूष्यस्य दूषणार्थञ्च परित्यागो महीयसः
vivṛddhāḥ śatravaś caiva vināśāya bhavanti te dūṣyasya dūṣaṇārthañca parityāgo mahīyasaḥ
And those enemies, grown strong, make for (his) ruin; and the abandoning of a superior man (comes about) through the intent to corrupt one who is corruptible.
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AgP 240.39
अर्थस्य नीतितत्त्वज्ञैर् अर्थदूषणमुच्यते पानात् कार्यादिनो ज्ञानं मृगयातो ऽरितः क्षयः
arthasya nītitattvajñair arthadūṣaṇamucyate pānāt kāryādino jñānaṃ mṛgayāto 'ritaḥ kṣayaḥ
By those who know the principles of polity, the ruin of wealth is called (the fourth vice) of wealth; from drink (comes loss of) knowledge of what is to be done and so on; from hunting, destruction at the hands of an enemy.
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AgP 240.40
जितश्रमार्थं मृगयां विचरेद्रक्षिते वने धर्मार्थप्राणमाशादि द्यूते स्यात् कलहादिकं
jitaśramārthaṃ mṛgayāṃ vicaredrakṣite vane dharmārthaprāṇamāśādi dyūte syāt kalahādikaṃ
For the sake of overcoming fatigue one may go hunting in a guarded forest; from gambling there arise quarrels and the like, (and loss of) dharma, wealth, life, hope, and so on.
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AgP 240.41
कालातिपातो धर्मार्थपी।रा स्त्रीव्यसनाद्भवेत् पानदोषात् प्राणनाशः कार्याकार्याविनिश् चयः
kālātipāto dharmārthapī.rā strīvyasanādbhavet pānadoṣāt prāṇanāśaḥ kāryākāryāviniś cayaḥ
Waste of time and injury to dharma and wealth arise from addiction to women; from the vice of drink (come) loss of life and failure to decide what is to be done and not to be done.
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AgP 240.42
:प् ३७३ स्कन्धावारनिवेशज्ञो निमित्तज्ञो रिपुं जयेत् स्कन्धावारस्य मध्ये तु सकोषं नृपतेर्गृहं
:p 373 skandhāvāraniveśajño nimittajño ripuṃ jayet skandhāvārasya madhye tu sakoṣaṃ nṛpatergṛhaṃ
One who knows the laying out of a camp and knows omens will conquer the enemy; and in the middle of the camp (is placed) the king's dwelling together with the treasury.
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AgP 240.43
मौलीभूतं श्रेणिसुहृद्द्विषदाटविकं बलं राजहर्म्यं समावृत्य क्रमेण विनिवेशयेत्(१)
maulībhūtaṃ śreṇisuhṛddviṣadāṭavikaṃ balaṃ rājaharmyaṃ samāvṛtya krameṇa viniveśayet(1)
The hereditary troops, the guild troops, the allies' troops, the enemy's troops, and the forest troops he should station in order, surrounding the king's mansion.
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AgP 240.44
सैन्यैकदेशः सन्नद्धः सेनापतिपुरःसरः परिभ्रमेच्चत्वरांश् च मण्डलेन वहिर् निशि
sainyaikadeśaḥ sannaddhaḥ senāpatipuraḥsaraḥ paribhrameccatvarāṃś ca maṇḍalena vahir niśi
A division of the army, armed and led by the commander, should patrol the crossroads and, in a circle, the outside (of the camp) by night.
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AgP 240.45
वार्ताः स्वका विजानीयाद्दरसीमान्तचारिणः निर्गच्छेत् प्रविशेच्चैव सर्व एवोपलक्षितः
vārtāḥ svakā vijānīyāddarasīmāntacāriṇaḥ nirgacchet praviśeccaiva sarva evopalakṣitaḥ
He should learn the reports of his own men who range to the far borders; and everyone should go out and come in only after being identified.
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AgP 240.46
सामदानं च भेदश् च दण्डोपेक्षेन्द्रजालकं मायोपायाः सप्त परे निक्षिपेत्साधनाय तान्
sāmadānaṃ ca bhedaś ca daṇḍopekṣendrajālakaṃ māyopāyāḥ sapta pare nikṣipetsādhanāya tān
Conciliation, gift, dissension, force, indifference, magical illusion, and deceit—(these are) the seven means; he should apply them against the enemy to accomplish (his aim).
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AgP 240.47
चतुर्विधं स्मृतं साम उपकारानुकीर्तनात् मिथःसम्बन्ह्दकथनं मृदुपूर्वं च भाषणं
caturvidhaṃ smṛtaṃ sāma upakārānukīrtanāt mithaḥsambanhdakathanaṃ mṛdupūrvaṃ ca bhāṣaṇaṃ
Conciliation is held to be of four kinds: from recounting favours done, from speaking of the mutual connection, and speech prefaced with gentleness—
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AgP 240.48
आयाते दर्शनं वाचा तवाहमिति चार्पणं यः सम्प्राप्तधनोत्सर्ग उत्तमाधममध्यमः
āyāte darśanaṃ vācā tavāhamiti cārpaṇaṃ yaḥ samprāptadhanotsarga uttamādhamamadhyamaḥ
—and, when (the other) has come, showing (regard) and offering oneself with the words 'I am yours.' The relinquishing of wealth that has been obtained is (of three grades:) highest, lowest, and middling.
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AgP 240.49
प्रतिदानं तदा तस्य गृहीतस्यानुमोदनं द्रव्यदानमपूर्वं च स्वयङ्ग्राहप्रवर्तनं(२)
pratidānaṃ tadā tasya gṛhītasyānumodanaṃ dravyadānamapūrvaṃ ca svayaṅgrāhapravartanaṃ(2)
Then giving back to him, consenting to what has been taken, the giving of goods not given before, and setting in motion the taking (by him) on his own—
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AgP 240.50
देयश् च प्रतिमोक्षश् च दानं पञ्चविधं स्मृतं स्नेहरागापनयनसंहर्षोत्पादनं तथा
deyaś ca pratimokṣaś ca dānaṃ pañcavidhaṃ smṛtaṃ sneharāgāpanayanasaṃharṣotpādanaṃ tathā
—and what is to be given, and release: giving is held to be of five kinds. Likewise the removal of affection and attachment, and the producing of (mutual) provocation,
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AgP 240.51
मिथो भेदश् च भेदज्ञैर् भेदश् च त्रिविधः स्मृतः बधो ऽर्थहरणं चैव परिक्लेशस्त्रिधा दमः
mitho bhedaś ca bhedajñair bhedaś ca trividhaḥ smṛtaḥ badho 'rthaharaṇaṃ caiva parikleśastridhā damaḥ
and dissension between (two parties): by those who know dissension it is held to be of three kinds. Killing, seizure of property, and harassment—force is threefold.
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AgP 240.52
प्रकाशश्चाप्रकाशश् च लोकद्विष्टान् प्रकाशतः उद्विजेत हतैर् लोकस्तेषु पिण्डः प्रशस्यते
prakāśaścāprakāśaś ca lokadviṣṭān prakāśataḥ udvijeta hatair lokasteṣu piṇḍaḥ praśasyate
(It is) open and concealed: those hated by the people (are to be punished) openly; the people would be distressed by (open) killings, so with regard to those (others) the poisoned ball is commended.
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AgP 240.53
:न् १ परिवेशयेदिति ख॥ २ तथैव सुप्रवर्तनमिति ज॥ , ट॥ च :प् ३७४ विशेषेणोपनिषिद्योगैर् हन्याच्छस्त्रादिना द्विषः जातिमात्रं द्विजं नैव हन्यात् सामोत्तरं वशे
:n 1 pariveśayediti kha.. 2 tathaiva supravartanamiti ja.. , ṭa.. ca :p 374 viśeṣeṇopaniṣidyogair hanyācchastrādinā dviṣaḥ jātimātraṃ dvijaṃ naiva hanyāt sāmottaraṃ vaśe
Especially by secret contrivances should he kill enemies with weapons and the like; but a brahmin, even one who is such by birth only, he should not kill—(he should bring him) under control with conciliation foremost.
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AgP 240.54
प्रलिम्पन्निव चेतांसि दृष्ट्वासाधु पिबन्निव ग्रसन्निवामृतं साम प्रयुञ्जीत प्रियं वचः
pralimpanniva cetāṃsi dṛṣṭvāsādhu pibanniva grasannivāmṛtaṃ sāma prayuñjīta priyaṃ vacaḥ
As if anointing hearts, as if drinking after seeing something good, as if swallowing nectar—so should he employ conciliation, pleasant speech.
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AgP 240.55
मिथ्याभिशस्तः श्रीकाम आहूयाप्रतिमानितः राजद्वेषी चातिकर आत्मसम्भावितस् तथा
mithyābhiśastaḥ śrīkāma āhūyāpratimānitaḥ rājadveṣī cātikara ātmasambhāvitas tathā
One falsely accused, one desiring wealth, one summoned and then not honoured, one who hates the king, one who overreaches, and likewise one who thinks highly of himself,
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AgP 240.56
विच्छिन्नधर्मकामार्थः क्रुद्धो मानी विमानितः अकारणात् परित्यक्तः कृतवैरो ऽपि सान्त्वितः
vicchinnadharmakāmārthaḥ kruddho mānī vimānitaḥ akāraṇāt parityaktaḥ kṛtavairo 'pi sāntvitaḥ
one whose dharma, pleasure and wealth have been cut off, one who is angry, a proud man who has been slighted, one cast off without cause, and one who, though he had made enmity, has been conciliated,
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AgP 240.57
हृतद्रव्यकलत्रश् च पूजार्हो ऽप्रतिपूजितः एतांस्तु भेदयेच्छत्रौ स्थितान्नित्यान् सुशङ्कितान्
hṛtadravyakalatraś ca pūjārho 'pratipūjitaḥ etāṃstu bhedayecchatrau sthitānnityān suśaṅkitān
And one whose property and wife have been carried off, and one deserving honour who has not been honoured — these, standing among the enemy, constant (in his service) but much suspected, one should set at variance.
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AgP 240.58
आगतान् पूजयेत् कामैर् निजांश् च प्रशमन्नयेत् सामदृष्टानुसन्धानमत्युग्रभयदर्शनं
āgatān pūjayet kāmair nijāṃś ca praśamannayet sāmadṛṣṭānusandhānamatyugrabhayadarśanaṃ
Those who have come over he should honour with (gifts fulfilling their) desires, and he should bring his own people to calm; showing conciliation, then investigation, then the display of most terrible fear,
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AgP 240.59
प्रधानदानमानं च भेदोपायाः प्रकीर्तिताः मित्रं हतं काष्ठमिव घुणजग्धं विशीर्यते
pradhānadānamānaṃ ca bhedopāyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ mitraṃ hataṃ kāṣṭhamiva ghuṇajagdhaṃ viśīryate
and the giving of honour to the chief men — these are declared the means of division. A friend who has been struck down falls apart like a log eaten by woodworms.
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AgP 240.60
त्रिशक्तिर्देशकालज्ञो दण्डेनास्तं नयेदरीन् मैत्रीप्रधानं कल्याणबुद्धिं सान्त्वेन साधयेत्
triśaktirdeśakālajño daṇḍenāstaṃ nayedarīn maitrīpradhānaṃ kalyāṇabuddhiṃ sāntvena sādhayet
Possessed of the three powers and knowing place and time, he should bring the enemies to their end by force; one whose chief (concern) is friendship, of good disposition, he should win over by conciliation.
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AgP 240.61
लुब्धं क्षीणञ्च दानेन मित्रानन्योन्यशङ्कया दण्डस्य दर्शनाद्दुष्टान् पुत्रभ्रातादि सामतः
lubdhaṃ kṣīṇañca dānena mitrānanyonyaśaṅkayā daṇḍasya darśanādduṣṭān putrabhrātādi sāmataḥ
The greedy and the impoverished (he should win) by gift; allies by (sowing) mutual suspicion; the wicked by the display of force; sons, brothers and the like by conciliation.
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AgP 240.62
दानभेदैश् चमूमुख्यान् योधान्(१) जनपददिकान् सामान्ताटविकान् भेददण्डाभ्यामपराद्धकान्
dānabhedaiś camūmukhyān yodhān(1) janapadadikān sāmāntāṭavikān bhedadaṇḍābhyāmaparāddhakān
By gifts and by division (he should win over) the commanders of the army, the warriors, and the chiefs of the countryside; the neighbours and forest tribes and the offenders by division and force.
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AgP 240.63
देवताप्रतिमानन्तु पूजयान्तर्गतैर् नरैः पुमान् स्त्रीवस्त्रसंवीतो निशि चाद्भुतदर्शनः
devatāpratimānantu pūjayāntargatair naraiḥ pumān strīvastrasaṃvīto niśi cādbhutadarśanaḥ
But an image of a deity is to be worshipped by men placed inside (it); a man wrapped in a woman's garments, and a marvellous apparition at night —
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AgP 240.64
:न् १ दानभेदैश् चैव मुख्यान् पौरानिति ज॥ :प् ३७५ वेतालोल्कापिशाचानां शिवानां च स्वरूपकी कामतो रूपधारित्वं शस्त्राग्न्यश्माम्बुवर्षणं
:n 1 dānabhedaiś caiva mukhyān paurāniti ja.. :p 375 vetālolkāpiśācānāṃ śivānāṃ ca svarūpakī kāmato rūpadhāritvaṃ śastrāgnyaśmāmbuvarṣaṇaṃ
the assuming of the forms of vetālas, meteors, piśācas and jackals, the taking on of shapes at will, the raining down of weapons, fire, stones and water,
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AgP 240.65
तमो ऽनिलो ऽनलो मेघ इति माया ह्य् अमानुषी जघान कीचकं भीम आस्थितः स्त्रीरूपतां
tamo 'nilo 'nalo megha iti māyā hy amānuṣī jaghāna kīcakaṃ bhīma āsthitaḥ strīrūpatāṃ
darkness, wind, fire, cloud — such is superhuman illusion. Bhīma slew Kīcaka having taken on the form of a woman.
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AgP 240.66
अन्याये व्यसने युद्धे प्रवृत्तस्यानिवारणं उपेक्षेयं स्मृता भ्रातोपेक्षितश् च हिडिम्बया
anyāye vyasane yuddhe pravṛttasyānivāraṇaṃ upekṣeyaṃ smṛtā bhrātopekṣitaś ca hiḍimbayā
Not restraining one who is engaged in what is unjust, in calamity, in battle — that is held to be indifference; and (so) a brother was disregarded by Hiḍimbā.
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AgP 240.67
मेघान्धकारवृष्ट्यग्निपर्वताद्भुतदर्शनं दरस्थानं च सैन्यानां दर्शनं ध्वजशालिनां
meghāndhakāravṛṣṭyagniparvatādbhutadarśanaṃ darasthānaṃ ca sainyānāṃ darśanaṃ dhvajaśālināṃ
The marvellous appearance of clouds, darkness, rain, fire and mountains; and the appearance of armies bearing banners standing at a distance;
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AgP 240.68
छिन्नपाटितभिन्नानां संसृतानां च दर्शनं इतीन्द्रजालं द्विषताम्भोत्यर्थमुपकल्पयेत्
chinnapāṭitabhinnānāṃ saṃsṛtānāṃ ca darśanaṃ itīndrajālaṃ dviṣatāmbhotyarthamupakalpayet
and the appearance of men cut, split, broken apart, and joined together again — such conjuring he should arrange for the sake of (deceiving) his foes.
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