Kautilya's Arthashastra 9.7.9

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 9.7.9

Language: Sanskrit

9.7.9

śatrumitram utsāhayitum artho na veti saṃśayaḥ //

When, in connection with these two kinds of wealth, there arise doubts, such as: "Is it provocative wealth or not? Harmless wealth or provocative wealth? First provocative and then harmless? Is it profitable to encourage an enemy or a friend? Would the bestowal of wealth and honour on an enemy's army excite hatred or not?"--of these doubts, doubt regarding the acquirement of wealth is preferable to (doubts regarding harm or provocation).
R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English

Commentaries (4)

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