Sutra 25
यो महत्यर्थसमुदये स्थितः कदर्यः सम्निधत्तेऽवनिधत्तेऽवस्रावयति वा सम्निधत्ते स्ववेश्मनि अवनिधत्ते पौरजानपदेषु अवस्रावयति परविषये तस्य सत्त्री मन्त्रिमित्रभृत्यबन्धुपक्षमागतिं गतिं च द्रव्याणामुपलभेत ॥ कZ_०२.९.२५ ॥
yo mahaty artha-samudaye sthitaḥ kadaryaḥ samnidhatte ’vanidhatte ’vasrāvayati vā; samnidhatte svaveśmani, avanidhatte paurajānapadeṣu, avasrāvayati paraviṣaye; tasya sattrī mantri-mitra-bhṛtya-bandhu-pakṣam āgatiṃ gatiṃ ca dravyāṇām upalabheta
A miser, placed amid a large accumulation of revenue, either stores it, buries it, or lets it leak away: he stores it in his own house, hides it among townsmen and countryside people, or transfers it to another territory. An undercover operative should ascertain his circle—ministers, friends, servants, relatives, and faction—and track the inflow and outflow routes of the assets.
FAQs
Three modes: (1) stockpiling (samnidhatte), (2) burying/hiding (avanidhatte), (3) diversion/leakage to elsewhere (avasrāvayati), with specific locations for each.
Because corruption is enabled by networks; identifying associates reveals storage nodes, intermediaries, and transfer channels for recovery and prosecution.