Adhyakshaprachara Adhyaya 9 Sutra 25 - Arthashastra | Chinese | Vedapath

Kautilya

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

一个吝啬者身处巨额税收积累之中，或将其储存、或埋藏、或使其流失：他把财物存于自宅，藏在城镇与乡村民众之间，或转移到他国领地。潜伏人员应查明其圈子——大臣、朋友、仆从、亲族与派系——并追踪资产的流入与流出路径。

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.