Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c7.39

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c7.39

Thus exertion is emphasised as "the root of success in administration (*Arthasya mūlaṁ utthānam*)" [I. 19]. In another place [VI. 1], Kauṭilya points out the king's virtues to be "abundance of enthusiasm and freedom from procrastination (*mahotsāho adīrghasūtraḥ*). And again [XII. 11]: "the king who is a fatalist (*daivapramāṇaḥ*), devoid of energy (*mānushahīnaḥ*), or of initiative (*nirārambhaḥ*), will come to grief."

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Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit