Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 7 Sutra 10 - Arthashastra | Kannada | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 10

Devanagari script

प्रचारचरित्रसंस्थानान्यनुपलभमानो हि प्रकृतः समुदयमज्ञानेन परिहापयति उत्थानक्लेशासहत्वादालस्येन शब्दादिष्विन्द्रियार्थेषु प्रसक्तः प्रमादेन संक्रोशाधर्मानर्थभीरुभायेन कार्यार्थिष्वनुग्रहबुद्धिः कामेन हिंसाबुद्धिः कोपेन विद्याद्रव्यवल्लभापाश्रयाद्दर्पेण तुलामानतर्कगणितान्तरोपधानाल्लोभेन ॥ कZ_०२.७.१० ॥

Transliteration

pracāracaritrasaṃsthānāny anupalabhamāno hi prakṛtaḥ samudayam ajñānena parihāpayati; utthānakleśāsahatvād ālasyena, śabdādiṣv indriyārtheṣu prasaktaḥ pramādena, saṃkrośādharmānarthabhīrubhāyena, kāryārthiṣv anugrahabuddhiḥ kāmena, hiṃsābuddhiḥ kopena, vidyādravyavallabhāpāśrayād darpeṇa, tulāmānatarkagaṇitāntaropadhānāl lobhena.

Translation

ಪ್ರಚಾರ (ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ), ನಡೆನುಡಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ಯಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಯಲು ವಿಫಲವಾಗುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಅಜ್ಞಾನದಿಂದ ಸಮೂಹ ಆದಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ನಷ್ಟ ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಕರ್ತವ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಎದ್ದು ನಿಲ್ಲುವ ಶ್ರಮವನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸಲಾರದೆ ಆಲಸ್ಯದಿಂದ; ಶಬ್ದಾದಿ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯವಿಷಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಅಲಕ್ಷ್ಯದಿಂದ; ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಆಕ್ರೋಶ, ಅಧರ್ಮ ಅಥವಾ ಅನರ್ಥದ ಭಯದಿಂದ; ಕಾಮದಿಂದ ಅರ್ಜಿದಾರರು/ಕಾರ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಯೋಗ್ಯ ಅನುಗ್ರಹಬುದ್ಧಿಯಿಂದ; ಕೋಪದಿಂದ ಹಿಂಸಾಬುದ್ಧಿಯಿಂದ; ವಿದ್ಯೆ, ಧನ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಿಯಜನರ ಆಶ್ರಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿ ದರ್ಪದಿಂದ; ಮತ್ತು ಲೋಭದಿಂದ ತೂಕ-ಮಾಪನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಂಚನೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ತರ್ಕ-ಲೆಕ್ಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮರೆಮಾಚಿದ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸಗಳನ್ನು ಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು।

Word by Word

प्रचारmovement; reconnaissance; circulation (of agents)

चरित्रconduct; behaviour; character

संस्थानानिarrangements; establishments; dispositions

अनुपलभमानःnot finding; failing to obtain/notice

हिindeed; for

प्रकृतःa constituent (of the state); an official/element by nature

समुदयम्income; revenue; accumulation

अज्ञानेनthrough ignorance

परिहापयतिcauses to diminish; wastes; makes decline

उत्थानeffort; initiative; exertion

क्लेशhardship; toil

असहत्वात्because of inability to endure

आलस्येनthrough laziness

शब्दादिषुin sound and the like (sense-objects)

इन्द्रियार्थेषुin the objects of the senses

प्रसक्तःattached; engrossed

प्रमादेनthrough negligence; carelessness

संक्रोशoutcry; clamour

अधर्मunrighteousness; illegality

अनर्थharm; misfortune; loss

भीरुfearful; timid

भायेनthrough fear

कार्यार्थिषुamong those seeking official action; petitioners

अनुग्रहबुद्धिःa disposition to show favour; favouritism

कामेनthrough desire; lust

हिंसाबुद्धिःa disposition to harm; cruelty

कोपेनthrough anger

विद्याlearning; knowledge

द्रव्यwealth; money; valuables

वल्लभfavourite; beloved person

अपाश्रयात्because of improper dependence/association

दर्पेणthrough arrogance; pride

तुलाbalance; weighing scale; standard weight

मानmeasure; measurement

तर्कreasoning; logic

गणितcalculation; arithmetic; accounting

अन्तरोपधानात्because of secret concealment; hidden falsification

लोभेनthrough greed

Entities Mentioned

prakṛta (official/employee)

kāryārthin (petitioner)

FAQs

What is the core control idea behind listing so many vices (laziness, desire, anger, greed)?

Kauṭilya links revenue loss to predictable behavioral drivers; governance must therefore monitor both processes (movement, status, accounts) and character/temptations that generate fraud.

Which concrete fraud methods are explicitly named?

Manipulation of weights and measures (tulā-māna) and accounting/calculation tricks with concealed discrepancies (gaṇitāntaropadhāna), i.e., quantitative falsification.