Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c18.27

c18.27

¹ वैराज्यं तु जीवतः परस्याच्छिद्य "नैतन्मम" इति मन्यमानः कर्शयत्यपवाहयति; पण्यं वा करोति विरक्तं वा परित्यज्य अपगच्छतीति।—*Artha-S’āstra*, VIII. 2, p. 323 Mr. Shama Shastry’s translation is hopelessly confused. He takes Vairājya to mean “foreign rule, which “comes into existence by seizing the country from its king still alive,” p. 395.