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Kautilya

Sutra 2

Devanagari script

यं वा मन्येत यथाहमाश्रयेप्सुरेवमसौ विनयेप्सुराभिगामिकगुणयुक्तः इति द्रव्यप्रकृतिहीनमप्येनमाश्रयेत न त्वेवानात्मसंपन्नम् ॥ कZ_०५.४.०२ ॥

Transliteration

yaṃ vā manyeta yathāham āśrayepsur evam asau vinayepsur ābhigāmikaguṇayuktaḥ iti dravyaprakṛtihīnam apy enam āśrayeta na tvevānātmasaṃpannam

Translation

หรือหากพิจารณาว่า ‘ดังที่เรามุ่งหาอุปถัมภ์ เขาก็มุ่งหาการอบรม/วินัย และมีคุณลักษณะที่น่าดึงดูด เข้าถึงง่าย’—ก็อาจพึ่งพาได้แม้ผู้ปกครองนั้นขาดทรัพยากรและองค์ประกอบแห่งรัฐ; แต่ไม่ควรพึ่งพาผู้ที่ขาดคุณสมบัติส่วนตน

Word by Word

यम्whom

वाor

मन्येतshould consider / would think

यथाas / in the manner that

अहम्I

आश्रय-ईप्सुःone desiring refuge/protection

एवम्thus / in this way

असौthat person (he)

विनय-ईप्सुःone desiring discipline/training

आभिगामिक-गुण-युक्तःendowed with amiable/approachable virtues

इतिthus (thinking/quoting)

द्रव्य-प्रकृति-हीनम्lacking wealth and (state-)resources/constituents

अपिeven (if)

एनम्him

आश्रयेतshould give/accept refuge (should take under protection)

नnot

तुbut

एवindeed / certainly

अनात्म-संपन्नम्one lacking personal character/integrity

Entities Mentioned

ruler/king (implicit)

vinaya (discipline/training)

FAQs

What is prioritized: resources or character?

Character and receptivity to discipline (vinaya) are prioritized; resource deficits can be remedied, but a deficient ‘ātma’ is disqualifying.