दुर्गसेतुकर्मवणिक्पथशून्यनिवेशखनिद्रव्यहस्तिवनकर्मोपकारिणं प्रत्यन्तमल्पप्रमाणं वा न याचेत ॥ कZ_०५.२.०३ ॥
durgasetukarmavaṇikpathaśūnyaniveśakhanidravyahastivanakarmopakāriṇaṃ pratyantam alpapramāṇaṃ vā na yācet
He should not requisition from a frontier region (or a small unit) that is needed for fort-work and bridge/embankment-work, for trade routes and settlements, for mines and materials, and for elephant-forest operations and related state services.
Do not extract emergency levies from regions/sectors essential to security and state-building; short-term revenue must not destroy strategic capacity.
Fortifications, public works (setu), trade corridors and settlements, mining supply, and elephant resources—core inputs for revenue and war.