Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.5.27
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.5.27
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- Sanskrit
7.5.27
kṣīṇāḥ prakṛtayo lobhaṃ lubdhā yānti virāgatām /
viraktā yānty amitraṃ vā bhartāraṃ ghnanti vā svayam //
when a people are impoverished, they become greedy; when they are greedy, they become disaffected; when disaffected, they voluntarily go to the side of the enemy or destroy their own master.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit