Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.6.30

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.6.30

Language
Sanskrit

7.6.30

"kṛtapraṇāśaḥ śaktihānir vidyāpaṇyatvam āśānirvedo deśalaulyam aviśvāso balavadvigraho vā parityāgasthānam" ity ācāryāḥ //

My teacher says that whoever has failed to achieve profit from his works, lost his strength, or made his learning a commercial article, or is very greedy, inquisitive to see different countries, dead to the feelings of friendship, or has strong enemies, deserves to be abandoned.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

Translations (1)

Commentaries (4)