Book 5 · Adhyay 6

rāja.vyasanam evam amātyaḥ pratikurvīta | 1 |

prāg eva maraṇa.ābādha.bhayād rājñaḥ priya.hita.upagraheṇa māsa.dvi.māsa.antaraṃ darśanaṃ sthāpayed "deśa.pīḍā.apaham amitra.apaham āyuṣyaṃ putrīyaṃ vā karma rājā sādhayati" ity apadeśena | 2 |

rāja.vyañjanam arūpa.velāyāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ darśayet, mitra.amitra.dūtānāṃ ca | 3 |

taiś ca yathā.ucitāṃ sambhāṣām amātya.mukho gacchet | 4 |

dauvārika.antar.vaṃśika.mukhaś ca yathā.uktaṃ rāja.praṇidhim anuvartayet | 5 |

apakāriṣu ca heḍaṃ prasādaṃ vā prakṛti.kāntaṃ darśayet, prasādam eva-upakāriṣu | 6 |

āpta.puruṣa.adhiṣṭhitau durga.pratyantasthau vā kośa.daṇḍāv ekasthau kārayet, kulya.kumāra.mukhyāṃś ca-anya.apadeśena | 7 |

yaś ca mukhyaḥ pakṣavān durga.aṭavīstho vā vaiguṇyaṃ bhajeta tam upagrāhayet | 8 |

bahv.ābādhaṃ vā yātrāṃ preṣayet, mitra.kulaṃ vā | 9 |

yasmāc ca sāmantād ābādhaṃ paśyet tam utsava.vivāha.hasti.bandhana.aśva.paṇya.bhūmi.pradāna.- apadeśena-avagrāhayet, sva.mitreṇa vā | 10 |

tataḥ sandhim adūṣyaṃ kārayet | 11 |

āṭavika.amitrair vā vairaṃ grāhayet | 12 |

tat.kulīnam aparuddhaṃ vā bhūṃy.eka.deśena-upagrāhayet | 13 |

kulya.kumāra.mukhya.upagrahaṃ kṛtvā vā kumāram abhiṣiktam eva darśayet | 14 |

dāṇḍa.karmikavad vā rājya.kaṇṭakān uddhṛtya rājyaṃ kārayet | 15 |

yadi vā kaścin mukhyaḥ sāmanta.ādīnām anyatamaḥ kopaṃ bhajeta taṃ "ehi, rājānaṃ tvā kariṣyāmi" ity āvāhayitvā ghātayet | 16 |

āpat.pratīkāreṇa vā sādhayet | 17 |

yuva.rāje vā krameṇa rājya.bhāram āropya rāja.vyasanaṃ khyāpayet | 18 |

para.bhūmau rāja.vyasane mitreṇa-amitra.vyañjanena śatroḥ sandhim avasthāpya-apagacchet | 19 |

sāmanta.ādīnām anyatamaṃ vā-asya durge sthāpayitvā-apagacchet | 20 |

kumāram abhiṣicya vā prativyūheta | 21 |

pareṇa-abhiyukto vā yathā.uktam āpat.pratīkāraṃ kuryāt | 22 |

evam eka.aiśvaryam amātyaḥ kārayed iti kauṭilyaḥ | 23 |

"na-evam" iti bhāradvājaḥ | 24 |

"pramriyamāṇe vā rājany amātyaḥ kulya.kumāra.mukhyān parasparaṃ mukhyeṣu vā vikramayet | 25 |

vikrāntaṃ prakṛti.kopena ghātayet | 26 |

kulya.kumāra.mukhyān upāṃśu.daṇḍena vā sādhayitvā svayaṃ rājyaṃ gṛhṇīyāt | 27 |

rājya.kāraṇādd hi pitā putrān putrāś ca pitaram abhidruhyanti, kim aṅga punar amātya.prakṛtir hy eka.pragraho rājyasya | 28 |

tat svayam upasthitaṃ na-avamanyeta | 29 |

"svayam ārūḍhā hi strī tyajyamānā-abhiśapati" iti loka.pravādaḥ | 30 |

prakṛti.kopakam adharmiṣṭham anaikāntikaṃ ca-etad iti kauṭilyaḥ | 32 |

rāja.putram ātma.sampannaṃ rājye sthāpayet | 33 |

sampanna.abhāve 'vyasaninaṃ kumāraṃ rāja.kanyāṃ garbhiṇīṃ devīṃ vā puras.kṛtya mahā.mātrān sannipātya brūyāt "ayaṃ vo nikṣepaḥ, pitaram asya-avekṣadhvaṃ sattva.abhijanam ātmanaś ca, dhvaja.mātro 'yaṃ bhavanta eva svāminaḥ, kathaṃ vā kriyatām" iti | 34 |

tathā bruvāṇaṃ yoga.puruṣā brūyuḥ "ko 'nyo bhavat.purogād asmād rājñaś cāturvarṇyam arhati pālayitum" iti | 35 |

"tathā" ity amātyaḥ kumāraṃ rāja.kanyāṃ garbhiṇīṃ devīṃ vā-adhikurvīta, bandhu.sambandhināṃ mitra.amitra.dūtānāṃ ca darśayet | 36 |

bhakta.vetana.viśeṣam amātyānām āyudhīyānāṃ ca kārayet, "bhūyaś ca-ayaṃ vṛddhaḥ kariṣyati" iti brūyāt | 37 |

evaṃ durga.rāṣṭra.mukhyān ābhāṣeta, yathā.arhaṃ ca mitra.amitra.pakṣam | 38 |

vinaya.karmaṇi ca kumārasya prayateta | 39 |

kanyāyāṃ samāna.jātīyād apatyam utpādya vā-abhiṣiñcet | 40 |

mātuś citta.kṣobha.bhayāt kulyam alpa.sattvaṃ chātraṃ ca lakṣaṇyam upanidadhyāt | 41 |

ṛtau ca-enāṃ rakṣet | 42 |

na ca-ātma.arthaṃ kañcid utkṛṣṭam upabhogaṃ kārayet | 43 |

rāja.arthaṃ tu yāna.vāhana.ābharaṇa.vastra.strī.veśma.parivāpān kārayet | 44 |