Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.2.26
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 8.2.26
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- Sanskrit
8.2.26
dvayor dvayor vyasanayoḥ prakṛtīnāṃ balābalam /
pāramparyakrameṇoktaṃ yāne sthāne ca kāraṇam //E
The comparative seriousness or insignificance of any two kinds of troubles affecting the elements of sovereignty, in the order of enumeration of the several kinds of distress, is the cause of adopting offensive or defensive operations.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit