Book 1 · Adhyay 15

kṛta.sva.pakṣa.para.pakṣa.upagrahaḥ kārya.ārambhāṃś cintayet | 1 |

mantra.pūrvāḥ sarva.ārambhāḥ | 2 |

tad.uddeśaḥ saṃvṛtaḥ kathānām anihśrāvī pakṣibhir apy anālokyaḥ syāt | 3 |

śrūyate hi śuka.sārikābhir mantro bhinnaḥ, śvabhir apy anyaiś ca tiryag.yonibhir iti | 4 |

tasmān mantra.uddeśam anāyukto na-upagacchet | 5 |

ucchidyeta mantra.bhedī | 6 |

mantra.bhedo hi dūta.amātya.svāminām iṅgita.ākārābhyām | 7 |

iṅgitam anyathā.vṛttiḥ | 8 |

ākṛti.grahaṇam ākāraḥ | 9 |

tasya saṃvaraṇam āyukta.puruṣa.rakṣaṇam ā.kārya.kālād iti | 10 |

teṣāṃ hi pramāda.mada.supta.pralāpāḥ, kāma.ādir utsekaḥ, pracchanno 'vamato vā mantraṃ bhinatti | 11 |

tasmād ādrakṣen mantram | 12 |

"mantra.bhedo hy ayoga.kṣema.karo rājñas tad.āyukta.puruṣāṇāṃ ca | 13 |

tasmād guhyam eko mantrayeta" iti bhāradvājaḥ | 14 |

" mantriṇām api hi mantriṇo bhavanti, teṣām apy anye | 15 |

sā-eṣā mantri.paramparā mantraṃ bhinatti | 16 |

"na-ekasya mantra.siddhir asti" iti viśāla.akṣaḥ | 18 |

" pratyakṣa.parokṣa.anumeyā hi rāja.vṛttiḥ | 19 |

anupalabdhasya jñānam upalabdhasya niścita.bala.ādhānam artha.dvaidhasya saṃśayac.chedanam eka.deśa.dṛṣṭasya śeṣa.upalabdhir iti mantri.sādhyam etat | 20 |

tasmād buddhi.vṛddhaiḥ sārdham adhyāsīta mantram | 21 |

"etan mantra.jñānam, na-etan mantra.rakṣaṇam" iti pārāśarāḥ | 23 |

" yad asya kāryam abhipretaṃ tat.pratirūpakaṃ mantriṇaḥ pṛcchet - "kāryam idam evam āsīt, evaṃ vā yadi bhavet, tat kathaṃ kartavyam" iti | 24 |

te yathā brūyus tat kuryāt | 25 |

evaṃ mantra.upalabdhiḥ saṃvṛtiś ca bhavati " iti | 26 |

na-iti piśunaḥ | 27 |

"mantriṇo hi vyavahitam arthaṃ vṛttam avṛttaṃ vā pṛṣṭā anādareṇa bruvanti prakāśayanti vā | 28 |

sa doṣaḥ | 29 |

tasmāt karmasu ye yeṣv abhipretās taiḥ saha mantrayeta | 30 |

tair mantrayamāṇo hi mantra.siddhiṃ guptiṃ ca labhate" iti | 31 |

na-iti kauṭilyaḥ | 32 |

anavasthā hy eṣā | 33 |

mantribhis tribhiś caturbhir vā saha mantrayeta | 34 |

mantrayamāṇo hy ekena-artha.kṛcchreṣu niścayaṃ na-adhigacchet | 35 |

ekaś ca mantrī yathā.iṣṭam anavagrahaś carati | 36 |

dvābhyāṃ mantrayamāṇo dvābhyāṃ saṃhatābhyām avagṛhyate, vigṛhītābhyāṃ vināśyate | 37 |

tat triṣu catuṣu vā kṛcchreṇa-upapadyate | 38 |

mahā.doṣam upapannaṃ tu bhavati | 39 |

tataḥ pareṣu kṛcchreṇa-artha.niścayo gamyate, mantro vā rakṣyate | 40 |

deśa.kāla.kārya.vaśena tv ekena saha dvābhyām eko vā yathā.sāmarthyaṃ mantrayeta | 41 |

karmaṇām ārambha.upāyaḥ puruṣa.dravya.sampad deśa.kāla.vibhāgo vinipāta.pratīkāraḥ kārya.siddhir iti pañca.aṅgo mantraḥ | 42 |

tān ekaikaśaḥ pṛcchet samastāṃś ca | 43 |

hetubhiś ca-eṣāṃ mati.pravivekān vidyāt | 44 |

avāpta.arthaḥ kālaṃ na-atikrāmayet | 45 |

na dīrgha.kālaṃ mantrayeta, na teṣāṃ pakṣīyair yeṣām apakuryāt | 46 |

"mantri.pariṣadaṃ dvādaśa.amātyān kurvīta" iti mānavāḥ | 47 |

"ṣoḍaśa" iti bārhaspatyāḥ | 48 |

"viṃśatim" ity auśanasāḥ | 49 |

yathā.sāmarthyam iti kauṭilyaḥ | 50 |

te hy asya sva.pakṣaṃ para.pakṣaṃ ca cintayeyuḥ | 51 |

akṛta.ārambham ārabdha.anuṣṭhānam anuṣṭhita.viśeṣaṃ niyoga.sampadaṃ ca karmaṇāṃ kuryuḥ | 52 |

āsannaiḥ saha karmāṇi paśyet | 53 |

anāsannaiḥ saha pattra.sampreṣaṇena mantrayeta | 54 |

indrasya hi mantri.pariṣad.ṛṣīṇāṃ sahasram | 55 |

sa tac cakṣuḥ | 56 |

tasmād imaṃ dvy.akṣaṃ sahasra.akṣam āhuḥ | 57 |

ātyayike kārye mantriṇo mantri.pariṣadaṃ ca-āhūya brūyāt | 58 |

tatra yad.bhūyiṣṭhā brūyuḥ kārya.siddhi.karaṃ vā tat kuryāt | 59 | kurvataś ca --