Sutra 33

Devanagari script

तासां हिरण्यधान्यक्षयः सर्वोपघाती कृच्छ्रप्रतीकारश्च युग्यपुरुषक्षयो हिरण्यधान्यसाध्यः ॥ कZ_०७.५.३३ ॥

Transliteration

tāsāṃ hiraṇyadhānya-kṣayaḥ sarvopaghātī kṛcchra-pratīkāraś ca, yugya-puruṣa-kṣayo hiraṇyadhānya-sādhyaḥ

Translation

De estas pérdidas, el agotamiento del tesoro y del grano perjudica a todo y es difícil de remediar; pero el agotamiento de los animales de tiro/capacidad de transporte y de la mano de obra puede restituirse mediante dinero y grano.

Word by Word

तासाम्of those (i.e., of those calamities/afflictions)

हिरण्य-धान्य-क्षयःdepletion of gold and grain

सर्व-उपघातीharmful to everything / all-round destructive

कृच्छ्र-प्रतीकारःa difficult remedy / hard to counteract

चand

युग्य-पुरुष-क्षयःdepletion of draught animals and working men

हिरण्य-धान्य-साध्यःremediable by (means of) gold and grain

Entities Mentioned

hiraṇya (treasury)

dhānya (grain stores)

yugya (draft/transport capacity)

puruṣa (manpower)

FAQs

What does Kautilya treat as the most systemically dangerous depletion?

Depletion of treasury and grain, because it undermines all state functions and is hard to reverse; other losses (men/transport) can be repaired if finance and provisions are intact.