[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v4.c63.4 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.4 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.4 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.4) ³²⁴ अर्थिनामुपसर्पतां यस्तु नोपैति दर्शनम् । सुखे प्रसक्तो नृपतिः स तप्येत नृगो यथा ॥ महाभारत quoted by दण्डविवेक p. 13; अर्थिनां कार्यसिद्धयर्थं यस्मान्मे नेषि दर्शनम् ॥ अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां कृकलासो भविष्यसि । ... कार्यार्थिनां विमर्दो हि राज्ञां दोषाय कल्पते । रामायण, उत्तरकाण्ड 53. 18, 19, 25; पौरकार्याणि यो राजा न करोति सुखे स्थितः । व्यक्तं स नरके घोरे पच्यते नात्र संशयः ॥ शुक्र IV. 5. 8; vide उत्तरकाण्ड 53. 6 for very similar words; शङ्खलिखितौ । राजा स्वाधीनवृत्तिरात्मप्रत्ययकोशः स्वयं कृत्यानुदर्शी विमस्वनिवृत्तस्थविरं भद्राणि पश्यति । राजनीतिप्र. p. 134. - [Previous: v4.c63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.3) - [Next: v4.c63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.5) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Linked texts (2) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki.7.53.18) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.4) · Pramāṇa