Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.18.43
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.18.43
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- Sanskrit
7.18.43
evam anyonyasaṃcāraṃ ṣāḍguṇyaṃ yo 'nupaśyati //
sa buddhinigalair baddhair iṣṭaṃ krīḍati pārthivaiḥ //E
Whoever thus knows the interdependence of the six kinds of policy plays at his pleasure with kings, bound round, as it were, in chains skillfully devised by himself.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan 1500, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit