Kantakashodhana Adhyaya 7 Sutra 14 - Arthashastra | Marathi | Vedapath

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Sutra 14

Devanagari script

तस्य परिचारकजनं वाग्दण्डपारुष्यातिलब्धं मार्गेत दुःखोपहतमन्यप्रसक्तं वा स्त्रीजनं दायवृत्तिस्त्रीजनाभिमन्तारं वा बन्धुम् ॥ कZ_०४.७.१४ ॥

Transliteration

tasya paricārakajanaṃ vāgdaṇḍapāruṣyātilabdhaṃ mārgeta duḥkhopahatam anyaprasaktaṃ vā strījanaṃ dāyavṛtti-strījanābhimantāraṃ vā bandhum

Translation

त्याच्या परिचारकांपैकी ज्यांना कठोर वचनदंड किंवा अपमान मिळाला असेल त्यांची चौकशी करावी; तसेच घरातील स्त्रियांपैकी दुःखाने पीडित किंवा दुसरीकडे आसक्त असलेल्या; आणि असा नातेवाईकही जो वारशातून लाभ घेणारा असेल किंवा घरातील स्त्रियांबद्दल वैर धरणारा असेल।

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that (person)

परिचारकजनम्the group of attendants/servants

वाक्-दण्ड-पारुष्यात्from verbal or corporal harshness

अति-लब्धम्having been excessively obtained/appropriated; overreached/overexacted

मार्गेतshould search out / should investigate

दुःख-उपहतम्afflicted by suffering

अन्य-प्रसक्तम्attached to another; involved elsewhere (with someone else)

वाor

स्त्रीजनम्the womenfolk

दाय-वृत्तिःinheritance-based maintenance/livelihood

स्त्रीजन-अभिमन्तारम्a claimant/appropriator of the womenfolk

वाor

बन्धुम्a kinsman/relative

Entities Mentioned

attendants/servants

household women

kinsmen/heirs

FAQs

What investigative principle is articulated here?

Prioritize suspects by motive and proximity: those recently punished or abused, those with conflicted domestic ties, and those with inheritance incentives or household enmities.

What ‘Chanakya-nīti’ concept is reflected?

Governance through calibrated suspicion (saṃśaya) and motive-based inquiry: power, resentment, desire, and gain are treated as predictable drivers of covert crime.