Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.1.2

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 8.1.2

Language: Sanskrit

8.1.2

daivaṃ mānuṣaṃ vā prakṛtivyasanam anayāpanayābhyāṃ sambhavati //

WHEN calamities happen together, the form of consideration should be whether it is easier to take an offensive or defensive attitude. National calamities, coming from Providence or from man happen from one's misfortune or bad policy. The word vyasana (vices or calamities), means the reverse or absence of virtue, the preponderance of vices, and occasional troubles. That which deprives (vyasyati) a person of his happiness is termed vyasana (vices or calamities).
R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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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