Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.5.30
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.5.30
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7.5.30
kṣīṇāḥ pīḍanocchedanabhayāt sadyaḥ saṃdhiṃ yuddhaṃ niṣpatanaṃ vā rocayante //
An impoverished people are ever apprehensive of oppression and destruction (by over-taxation, etc.), and are therefore desirous of getting rid of their impoverishment, or of waging war or of migrating elsewhere.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit