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Kautilya's Arthashastra 8.4.22

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 8.4.22

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Sanskrit

8.4.22

neti kauṭilyaḥ //

No, says Kautilya, a sportive country, taking to sports for relaxation from labour, causes only a trifling loss; and after enjoyment, it resumes work, whereas a sportive king causes oppression by showing indulgence to his courtiers, by seizing and begging, and by obstructing work in the manufactories.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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