Abhiyasyatkarma Adhyaya 7 Sutra 8 - Arthashastra | Burmese | Vedapath

Kautilya

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Sutra 8

Devanagari script

तयोः अर्थो न वेति अनर्थो न वेति अर्थोऽनर्थ इति अनर्थोऽर्थ इति संशयः ॥ कZ_०९.७.०८ ॥

Transliteration

tayoḥ artho na veti anartho na veti artho'nartha iti anartho'rtha iti saṃśayaḥ

Translation

“သံသယ/မသေချာမှု” (saṃśaya) ဟူသည်မှာ အမြတ်နှင့် အနာသ (ဆုံးရှုံးမှု) နှစ်ခုအပေါ်—“အမြတ်မဟုတ်နိုင်”, “ဆုံးရှုံးမှုမဟုတ်နိုင်”, “အမြတ်က ဆုံးရှုံးမှုဖြစ်သွားနိုင်”, သို့မဟုတ် “ဆုံးရှုံးမှုက အမြတ်ဖြစ်သွားနိုင်” ဟု ခန့်မှန်းဆုံးဖြတ်နေခြင်း ဖြစ်သည်။

Word by Word

तयोःof the two (alternatives/cases)

अर्थःbenefit; advantageous outcome

नnot

वाor

इतिthus (saying/considering)

अनर्थःharm; disadvantage; adverse outcome

नnot

वाor

इतिthus

अर्थःbenefit

अनर्थःharm

इतिthus

अनर्थःharm

अर्थःbenefit

इतिthus

संशयःdoubt; indecision

Entities Mentioned

artha (gain)

anartha (harm)

FAQs

What decision problem is Kauṭilya highlighting?

Policy outcomes can flip signs over time; uncertainty includes misclassification (gain vs harm) and reversals (gain→harm, harm→gain).