Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.3.4

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 8.3.4

Language: Sanskrit

8.3.4

kopajas trivargaḥ, kāmajaś caturvargaḥ //

Vice's due to anger form a triad; and those due to desire are fourfold. Of these two, anger is worse, for anger proceeds against all. In a majority of cases, kings given to anger are said to have fallen a prey to popular fury. But kings addicted to pleasures have perished in consequence of serious diseases brought about by deterioration and improverishment.
R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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Translations (1)

Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English

Commentaries (5)

Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan 1500, Sanskrit
Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit