Sutra 10
प्रचारचरित्रसंस्थानान्यनुपलभमानो हि प्रकृतः समुदयमज्ञानेन परिहापयति उत्थानक्लेशासहत्वादालस्येन शब्दादिष्विन्द्रियार्थेषु प्रसक्तः प्रमादेन संक्रोशाधर्मानर्थभीरुभायेन कार्यार्थिष्वनुग्रहबुद्धिः कामेन हिंसाबुद्धिः कोपेन विद्याद्रव्यवल्लभापाश्रयाद्दर्पेण तुलामानतर्कगणितान्तरोपधानाल्लोभेन ॥ कZ_०२.७.१० ॥
pracāracaritrasaṃsthānāny anupalabhamāno hi prakṛtaḥ samudayam ajñānena parihāpayati; utthānakleśāsahatvād ālasyena, śabdādiṣv indriyārtheṣu prasaktaḥ pramādena, saṃkrośādharmānarthabhīrubhāyena, kāryārthiṣv anugrahabuddhiḥ kāmena, hiṃsābuddhiḥ kopena, vidyādravyavallabhāpāśrayād darpeṇa, tulāmānatarkagaṇitāntaropadhānāl lobhena.
官员若不能查明外出活动/动向、行为品行与运作状况，便会因无知而使公共收入受损；因懒惰，不能忍受起身履职之劳；因疏忽，沉溺于声等感官对象；因恐惧——惧公众喧嚣、惧违法、或惧有害后果；因欲望，对请托者施以不当偏袒；因愤怒，滋生伤害之心；因傲慢，倚仗宠信之人以及学识与财富的支撑；又因贪婪，通过伪造度量衡，并以隐蔽差额操弄推理与计算。
FAQs
Kauṭilya links revenue loss to predictable behavioral drivers; governance must therefore monitor both processes (movement, status, accounts) and character/temptations that generate fraud.
Manipulation of weights and measures (tulā-māna) and accounting/calculation tricks with concealed discrepancies (gaṇitāntaropadhāna), i.e., quantitative falsification.