Kautilya's Arthashastra 6.1.18
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 6.1.18
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- Sanskrit
6.1.18
ātmavāṃs tv alpadeśo 'pi yuktaḥ prakṛtisampadā /
nayajñaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ jayaty eva na hīyate //E
But a wise king, trained in politics, will, though he possesses a small territory, conquer the whole earth with the help of the best-fitted elements of his sovereignty, and will never be defeated.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (6)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Arthaśāstravyākhyā Jayamaṅgalā — Sanskrit
- Nitinirṇīti — Yogghama, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha — Sanskrit