Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.1.42
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.1.42
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- Sanskrit
3.1.42
daṇḍo hi kevalo lokaṃ paraṃ cemaṃ ca rakṣati /
rājñā putre ca śatrau ca yathādoṣaṃ samaṃ dhṛtaḥ //
It is power and power (danda) alone which, only when exercised by the king with impartiality and in proportion to guilt either over his son or his enemy, maintains both this world and the next.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit