Shadgunya Adhyaya 8 Sutra 5 - Arthashastra | Japanese | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 5

Devanagari script

दुरारब्धकर्माणं भूयः क्षयव्ययाभ्यां योक्तुकामः स्वारब्धां वा यात्रासिद्धिं विघातयितुकामो मूले यात्रायां वा प्रहर्तुकामो यातव्यसंहितः पुनर्याचितुकामः प्रत्युत्पन्नार्थकृच्छ्रस्तस्मिन्नविश्वस्तो वा तदात्वे लाभमल्पमिच्छेत् आयत्यां प्रभूतम् ॥ कZ_०७.८.०५ ॥

Transliteration

durārabdhakarmāṇaṃ bhūyaḥ kṣayavyayābhyāṃ yoktukāmaḥ svārabdhāṃ vā yātrāsiddhiṃ vighātayitukāmo mūle yātrāyāṃ vā prahartukāmo yātavyasaṃhitaḥ punar yācitukāmaḥ pratyutpannārthakṛcchrastasminn aviśvasto vā tadātve lābham alpam icchet āyatyāṃ prabhūtam

Translation

もし彼が、いったん始めた事業を再開しにくい相手を、さらなる損失と出費に絡め取りたいのなら；あるいは相手が着手した遠征の成功を妨げたいのなら；あるいは根本から、または遠征の途上で打撃を与えたいのなら；あるいは出征を余儀なくされていて再度の要求をしたいのなら；あるいは当座の資金難のためその相手を信用できないのなら——その場合、今は小さな利得を求め、将来に大きな利得を求めるべきである。

Word by Word

दुरारब्धकर्माणम्one whose operations are difficult to initiate

भूयःagain; further; more

क्षयव्ययाभ्याम्by loss and by expenditure

योक्तुकामःwishing to yoke/apply (i.e., to subject)

स्वारब्धाम्already begun (by oneself)

वाor

यात्रासिद्धिम्the success of the campaign

विघातयितुकामःwishing to obstruct/destroy

मूलेat the root; at the source

यात्रायाम्in the campaign

वाor

प्रहर्तुकामःwishing to strike

यातव्यसंहितःhaving (the plea/necessity) of having to march

पुनःagain

याचितुकामःwishing to ask/beg again

प्रत्युत्पन्नार्थकृच्छ्रःone in present/urgent financial difficulty

तस्मिन्in him; with regard to him

अविश्वस्तःnot trusted; untrustworthy

वाor

तदात्वेat that time; immediately

लाभम्gain

अल्पम्small; limited

इच्छेत्should desire/seek

आयत्याम्in the future

प्रभूतम्abundant; substantial

Entities Mentioned

opponent/partner with ongoing enterprise

state compelled to march (yātavya)

FAQs

Why prefer 'small now, large later' in the situations listed?

Because immediate enforcement/trust is weak and conditions are fluid; deferring major extraction can be safer while keeping leverage for later.