Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 12 Sutra 5 - Arthashastra | Lao | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 5

Devanagari script

पीतकास्ताम्रकास्ताम्रपीतका वा भूमिप्रस्तरधातवो भिन्ना नीलराजीवन्तो मुद्गमाषकृसरवर्णा वा दधिबिन्दुपिण्डचित्रा हरिद्राहरीतकीपद्मपत्त्रशैवलयकृत्प्लीहानवद्यवर्णा भिन्नाश्चुञ्चुवालुकालेखाबिन्दुस्वस्तिकवन्तः सुगुलिका अर्चिष्मन्तस्ताप्यमाना न भिद्यन्ते बहुफेनधूमाश्च सुवर्णधातवः प्रतीवापार्थास्ताम्ररूप्यवेधनाः ॥ कZ_०२.१२.०५ ॥

Transliteration

pītakās tāmrakās tāmrapītakā vā bhūmiprastaradhātavo bhinnā nīlarājīvanto mudgamāṣakṛsaravarṇā vā dadhibindupiṇḍacitrā haridrāharītakīpadmapattraśaivalayakṛtplīhānavadyavarṇā bhinnāś cuñcuvālukālekhābindusvastikavantaḥ sugulikā arciṣmantaḥ tāpyamānā na bhidyante bahuphenadhūmāś ca suvarṇadhātavaḥ pratīvāpārthās tāmrarūpyavedhanāḥ

Translation

ແຮ່ຄຳຈາກດິນ/ຫີນ ອາດມີສີເຫຼືອງ, ສີທອງແດງ, ຫຼືສີເຫຼືອງປົນທອງແດງ; ເມື່ອແຕກອອກອາດມີເສັ້ນສີຟ້າຄ້າຍດອກບົວຟ້າ ຫຼືມີສີຄ້າຍຖົ່ວຂຽວ, ຖົ່ວດຳ, ຫຼືນ້ຳເຂົ້າຕົ້ມ; ຫຼືດ່າງດອກຄ້າຍຢອດນົມສົ້ມແລະກ້ອນ; ຫຼືຄ້າຍຂີ້ໝິ້ນ, ຮະຣີຕະກີ, ໃບບົວ, ສາຫຼ່າຍ, ຂຽວສົ້ມທຽມ (verdigris), ສີມ້າມ (spleen) ຫຼືສີທີ່ໄຮ້ຕຳໜິ. ເມື່ອແຕກອອກອາດມີເສັ້ນ, ຈຸດ, ເມັດຄ້າຍຊາຍ ແລະກະທັ້ງເຄື່ອງໝາຍຄ້າຍສະວັສຕິກະ; ມັນເປັນເມັດກົມນ້ອຍໆ, ມີປະກາຍ, ເມື່ອເຜົາບໍ່ແຕກ, ແລະປ່ອຍຟອງແລະຄວັນຫຼາຍ. ເຫຼົ່ານີ້ແມ່ນແຮ່ຄຳ, ເໝາະສຳລັບການຜະສົມໂລຫະ, ແລະສາມາດ «ເຈາະ/ທົດສອບ» ທອງແດງແລະເງິນໄດ້.

Word by Word

पीतकाःyellow(-coloured)

ताम्रकाःcoppery/reddish

ताम्रपीतकाःcopper-and-yellowish (mixed hue)

वाor

भूमि-प्रस्तर-धातवःores/minerals in the ground’s rock strata

भिन्नाःbroken/split (when fractured)

नील-राजीवन्तःhaving blue streaks/marks (blue-lotus-like)

मुद्ग-माष-कृसर-वर्णाःof the colour of green gram, black gram, or gruel/rice-porridge

वाor

दधि-बिन्दु-पिण्ड-चित्राःmottled with clots/spots like curd-drops

हरिद्रा-हरीतकी-पद्म-पत्त्र-शैवलयकृत्-प्लीहानवद्य-वर्णाःhaving faultless colour like turmeric, haritaki, lotus-leaf, algae-made (greenish), or spleen (dark-reddish)

भिन्नाःwhen broken (again: on fracture)

चुञ्चु-वालुका-लेखा-बिन्दु-स्वस्तिक-वन्तःbearing lines, dots, and swastika-like marks like (bird-)beak sand-patterns

सुगुलिकाःwell-rounded; pellet-like (in lumps)

अर्चिष्मन्तःlustrous; having flame-like sheen

ताप्यमानाःwhen being heated

नnot

भिद्यन्तेthey split/break

बहु-फेन-धूमाःhaving much froth/scum and smoke

चand

सुवर्ण-धातवःgold-ores

प्रतीवापार्थाःsuitable for admixture/alloying (as an added charge)

ताम्र-रूप्य-वेधनाःable to pierce/assay copper and silver

Entities Mentioned

gold ore

copper

silver

FAQs

Why does the verse include behavior under heating (tāpyamānā na bhidyante)?

Because heat response is a practical authenticity/quality signal relevant to smelting outcomes; it reduces processing losses and guides state acceptance/rejection.