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Kautilya's Arthashastra 5.4.13

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 5.4.13

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Sanskrit

5.4.13

tūṣṇīṃ vā prativākye syād veṣyādīṃś ca na varṇayet /
apriyā api dakṣāḥ syus tadbhāvād ye bahiṣkṛtāḥ //

He may even keep silence, but. should never describe what is hateful; by abstaining from talking of what the king hates, even undesirable persons have become powerful when, seeing that the king likes only pleasant things without caring for their evil consequences, they have followed his will.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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