[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Polity and Statecraft](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha) › [Kautilya's Arthashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) › 1.6.4 # Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.6.4 Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6.4) tad viruddhavṛttir avaśyendriyaś cāturanto api rājā sadyo vinaśyati // > Whosoever is of reverse character, whoever has not his organs of sense under his control, will soon perish, though possessed of the whole earth bounded by the four quarters. > — R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra - [Previous: 1.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6.3) - [Next: 1.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6.5) - [Up: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6) ## Translations (1) - [Kautilya's Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya~en-shamasastry.1.6.p4) — R. Shamasastry 1915, English ## Commentaries (5) - [Pratipadapañcikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!bhattasvamin) — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit - [Cāṇakyaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!prabhamati) — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit - [Nayacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!madhavayajvan) — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit - [Śrīmūla](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!t-ganapati-sastri) — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit - [Śrīmūla](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya!ganapatisastrin) — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthaśāstra of Kauṭilya), Vol. I](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.law-1914.c3.48) — Narendra Nath Law & Radhakumud Mookerji, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6.4) · Pramāṇa