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Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.5.13

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.5.13

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Sanskrit

4.5.13

gṛhītān samāhartā paurajānapadānāṃ darśayet - "coragrahaṇīṃ vidyām adhīte rājā, tasyopadeśād ime corā gṛhītāḥ, bhūyaś ca grahīṣyāmi, vārayitavyo vaḥ svajanaḥ pāpācārah^" iti //

The Collector-general shall exhibit these arrested robbers and announce to the public that their arrest is due to the instructions obtained from the king who has learnt the divine art of catching robbers: ‘I shall similarly catch hold of other robbers again and again, and you, people, ought to prevent any one of your own kinsmen from his wicked deeds.’

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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