Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 35 Sutra 14 - Arthashastra | Lao | Vedapath

Kautilya

Sutra 14

Devanagari script

पुराण चोरव्यञ्जनाश्चान्तेवासिनश्चैत्यचतुष्पथशून्यपदोदपाननदीनिपानतीर्थायतनाश्रमारण्यशैलवनगहनेषु स्तेनामित्रप्रवीरपुरुषाणां च प्रवेशनस्थानगमनप्रयोजनान्युपलभेरन् ॥ कZ_०२.३५.१४ ॥

Transliteration

purāṇa coravyañjanāś cāntevāsinaś caityacatuṣpathaśūnyapadodapānanadīnipānatīrthāyatanāśramāraṇyaśailavanagahaneṣu stenāmitrapravīrapuruṣāṇāṃ ca praveśanasthānagamanaprayojanāny upalabheran

Translation

ບັນດາສາຍລັບທີ່ເຄີຍເປັນໂຈນມາກ່ອນ ແລະຜູ້ຢູ່ປະຈຳ/ລູກສິດຜູ້ຮັບໃຊ້ ຄວນຄົ້ນພົບ ຕາມສະຖານທີ່ບູຊາ, ສີ່ແຍກ, ບ້ານຮ້າງ, ບໍ່ນ້ຳ, ແມ່ນ້ຳ, ບ່ອນໃຫ້ສັດດື່ມນ້ຳ, ທ່າຂ້າມ/ຟອດ, ວັດ/ເທວະສະຖານ, ອາສຣົມ, ປ່າ, ພູ, ແລະປ່າທຶບ ຈຸດເຂົ້າ, ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ, ແລະເປົ້າໝາຍຂອງໂຈນ ແລະສາຍລັບສັດຕູ/ຜູ້ປະຕິບັດການຊັ້ນສູງ.

Word by Word

पुराणाःold/experienced (persons)

चोरव्यञ्जनाःthose bearing marks/indications of thieves; suspicious thief-like persons

चand

अन्तेवासिनःresident pupils/disciples (boarders)

चand

चैत्यat shrines/holy monuments

चतुष्पथat crossroads

शून्यपदin deserted paths/places

उदपानat wells

नदीat rivers

निपानat watering places

तीर्थat fords/ghats

आयतनat sanctuaries/abodes (institutions)

आश्रमat hermitages

अरण्यin forests

शैलin mountains

वनगहनin dense thickets/forest depths

एषुin these (places)

स्तेनof thieves

अमित्रof enemies

प्रवीरof leaders/champions

पुरुषाणाम्of men/persons

चand

प्रवेशनस्थानplaces of entry/infiltration

गमनmovements/going

प्रयोजनानिpurposes/motives

उपलभेरन्they should ascertain/find out

Entities Mentioned

Former thieves as informants

Āntevāsins (embedded residents/attendants)

Thieves (stena)

Enemy agents/operatives (amitra-pravīra-puruṣa)

Religious sites, crossings, and wilderness nodes

FAQs

Why are shrines, crossroads, wells, and fords singled out for surveillance?

They are predictable congregation and transit nodes—natural intelligence collection points for tracking movement patterns, supply needs, and covert entry routes.