Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 9 Sutra 25 - Arthashastra | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Sutra 25

Devanagari script

यो महत्यर्थसमुदये स्थितः कदर्यः सम्निधत्तेऽवनिधत्तेऽवस्रावयति वा सम्निधत्ते स्ववेश्मनि अवनिधत्ते पौरजानपदेषु अवस्रावयति परविषये तस्य सत्त्री मन्त्रिमित्रभृत्यबन्धुपक्षमागतिं गतिं च द्रव्याणामुपलभेत ॥ कZ_०२.९.२५ ॥

Transliteration

yo mahaty artha-samudaye sthitaḥ kadaryaḥ samnidhatte ’vanidhatte ’vasrāvayati vā; samnidhatte svaveśmani, avanidhatte paurajānapadeṣu, avasrāvayati paraviṣaye; tasya sattrī mantri-mitra-bhṛtya-bandhu-pakṣam āgatiṃ gatiṃ ca dravyāṇām upalabheta

Translation

Một kẻ keo kiệt đang ở giữa một khối tích lũy doanh thu lớn sẽ либо cất giữ, chôn giấu, hoặc làm rò rỉ/tẩu tán: hắn cất trong nhà mình, giấu giữa dân thành thị và thôn quê, hoặc chuyển sang lãnh thổ khác. Một mật vụ phải xác định vòng quan hệ của hắn—quan lại, bạn bè, người hầu, thân tộc và phe cánh—và lần theo các tuyến đường vào và ra của tài sản.

Word by Word

यःwho (he who)

महतिin a great

अर्थसमुदयेin a great accumulation of wealth/resources

स्थितःbeing situated / placed

कदर्यःa miser / stingy person

सम्निधत्तेstores up / hoards

अवनिधत्तेburies (as a hidden deposit)

अवस्रावयतिcauses to be sent out / siphons off

वाor

सम्निधत्तेstores up

स्ववेश्मनिin his own house

अवनिधत्तेburies (a deposit)

पौरजानपदेषुamong townsmen and countryfolk

अवस्रावयतिsends out / siphons off

परविषयेin another territory / foreign country

तस्यof him

सत्त्रीa spy/secret agent

मन्त्रिa minister/counsellor

मित्रan ally/friend

भृत्यa retainer/servant

बन्धुa kinsman

पक्षम्the faction/party

आगतिम्the coming/arrival (route or occurrence)

गतिम्the going/departure (route or occurrence)

चand

द्रव्याणाम्of assets/wealth

उपलभेतshould ascertain / should find out

Entities Mentioned

kadarya (miserly official)

sattrī (undercover agent)

mantri (minister)

mitra (friend/associate)

bhṛtya (servant/employee)

bandhu (relative)

pakṣa (faction)

paura-jānapada (urban and rural persons)

paraviṣaya (other territory)

FAQs

What ‘concealment typology’ is given for embezzled wealth?

Three modes: (1) stockpiling (samnidhatte), (2) burying/hiding (avanidhatte), (3) diversion/leakage to elsewhere (avasrāvayati), with specific locations for each.

Why map ‘mantri-mitra-bhṛtya-bandhu-pakṣa’?

Because corruption is enabled by networks; identifying associates reveals storage nodes, intermediaries, and transfer channels for recovery and prosecution.