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# Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.6.9

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.6.9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.6.9)

madād dambhodbhavo bhūtāvamānī, haihayaś cārjunaḥ //

> Rávana unwilling under the influence of vanity to restore a stranger's wife, as well as Duryodhana to part with a portion of his kingdom; Dambhodbhava as well as Arjuna of Haihaya dynasty being so haughty as to despise all people;  
> — R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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## Translations (1)

- [Kautilya's Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya~en-shamasastry.1.6.p8) — 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

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