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- "title": "CHAPTER VII.",
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- "law": "A Kshatriya, who has received according to the rule the sacrament prescribed by the Veda, must duly protect this whole world.",
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- "law": "For, when these creatures, being without a king, through fear dispersed in all directions, the Lord created a King for the protection of this whole creation. Taking for that purpose eternal particles of Indra, of the Wind, of Yama, of the Sun, of Fire, of Varuna, of the Moon, and of the Lord of wealth Kubera. Because a King has been formed of particles of those lords of the gods, he therefore surpasses all created beings in lustre. And, like the sun, he burns eyes and hearts. Nor can anybody on earth even gaze on him.",
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- "law": "Through his supernatural power he is Fire and Wind, he Sun and Moon, he the Lord of justice Yama, he Kubera, he Varuna, he great Indra. Even an infant King must not be despised, from an idea that he is a mere mortal; for he is a great deity in human form.",
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- "law": "Fire burns one man only, if he carelessly approaches it, the fire of a King's anger consumes the whole family, together with its cattle and its hoard of property. Having fully considered the purpose, his power, and the place and the time, he assumes by turns many different shapes for the complete attainment of justice. He, the King in whose favour resides Padma, the goddess of fortune, in whose valour dwells victory, in whose anger abides death, is formed of the lustre of all gods. The (man), who in his exceeding folly hates him, will doubtlessly perish; for the King quickly makes up his mind to destroy such a man. Let no man, therefore, transgress that law which favourites, nor his orders which inflict pain on those in disfavour.",
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- "law": "For the King's sake the Lord formerly created his own son, Punishment, the protector of all creatures, an incarnation of the law, formed of Brahman's glory. Through fear of him all created beings, both the immovable and the movable, allow themselves to be enjoyed and swerve not from their duties. Having fully considered the time and the place of the offence, the strength and the knowledge of the offender, let him justly inflict that punishment on men who act unjustly. Punishment is (in reality) the King (and) the male, that the manager of affairs, that the ruler, and that is called the surety for the four orders' obedience to the law. Punishment alone governs all created beings, punishment alone protects them, punishment watches over them while they sleep. The wise declare punishment to be identical with the law.",
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- "law": "If punishment is properly inflicted after due consideration, it makes all people happy; but inflicted without consideration, it destroys everything.",
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- "law": "If the King did not, without tiring, inflict punishment on those worthy to be punished, the stronger would roast the weaker, like fish on a spit. The crow would eat the sacrificial cake and the dog would lick the sacrificial viands, and ownership would not remain with any one, the lower ones would usurp the place of the higher ones.",
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- "law": "The whole world is kept in order by punishment, for a guiltless man is hard to find; through fear of punishment the whole world yields the enjoyments which it owes. The gods, the Danavas, the Gandharvas, the Rakshasas, the bird and snake deities even give the enjoyments due from them only, if they are tormented by the fear of punishment.",
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- "law": "All castes (varna) would be corrupted by intermixture, all barriers would be broken through, and all men would rage against each other in consequence of mistakes with respect to punishment.",
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- "law": "But where Punishment with a black hue and red eyes stalks about, destroying sinners, there the subjects are not disturbed, provided that he who inflicts it discerns well.",
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- "law": "They declare that King to be a just inflicter of punishment, who is truthful, who acts after due consideration, who is wise, and who knows the respective value of virtue, pleasure, and wealth. A King who properly inflicts punishment, prospers with respect to those three means of happiness. He who is voluptuous, partial, and deceitful will be destroyed, even through the unjust punishment which he inflicts.",
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- "law": "Punishment possesses a very bright lustre, and is hard to be administered by men with unimproved minds; it strikes down the King who swerves from his duty, together with his relatives. Next it will afflict his castles, his territories, the whole world together with the movable and immovable creation, likewise the sages and the gods, who on the failure of offerings ascend to the sky.",
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- "law": "Punishment cannot be inflicted justly by one who has no assistant, nor by a fool, nor by a covetous man, nor by one whose mind is unimproved, nor by one addicted to sensual pleasures. By him who is pure and faithful to his promise, who acts according to the Institutes of the sacred law, who has good assistants and is wise, punishment can be justly inflicted.",
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- "law": "Let him act with justice in his own domain, with rigour chastise his enemies, behave without duplicity towards his friends, and be lenient towards Brahmanas. The fame of a King who behaves thus, even though he subsist by gleaning, is spread in the world, like a drop of oil on water. But the fame of a King who acts in a contrary manner and who does not subdue himself, diminishes in extent among men like a drop of clarified butter in water.",
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- "law": "The King has been created to be the protector of the castes (varna) and orders, who, all according to their rank, discharge their several duties. Whatever must be done by him and by his servants for the protection of his people.",
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- "law": "Let the King, after rising early in the morning, worship Brahmanas who are well versed in the threefold sacred science and learned in polity, and follow their advice.",
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- "law": "Let the King daily worship aged Brahmanas who know the Veda and are pure. For he who always worships aged men is honoured even by Rakshasas. Let him, though he may already be modest, constantly learn modesty from them. For a King who is modest never perishes. Through a want of modesty many kings have perished, together with their belongings. Through modesty even hermits in the forest have gained kingdoms. Through a want of humility Vena perished, likewise King Nahusha, Sudas, the son of Pigavana, Sumukha, and Nemi. But by humility Prithu and Manu gained sovereignty, Kubera the position of the Lord of wealth, and the son of Gadhi the rank of a Brahmana.",
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- "law": "From those versed in the three Vedas let him learn the threefold sacred science, the primeval science of government, the science of dialectics, and the knowledge of the supreme Soul; from the people the theory of the various trades and professions.",
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- "law": "Day and night he must strenuously exert himself to conquer his senses. For he alone who has conquered his own senses, can keep his subjects in obedience.",
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- "law": "Let him carefully shun the ten vices, springing from love of pleasure, and the eight, proceeding from wrath, which all end in misery. For a King who is attached to the vices springing from love of pleasure, loses his wealth and his virtue, but he who is given to those arising from anger, loses even his life. Hunting, gambling, sleeping by day, censoriousness, excess with women, drunkenness, an inordinate love for dancing, singing, and music, and useless travel are the tenfold set of vices springing from love of pleasure. Tale-bearing, violence, treachery, envy, slandering, unjust seizure of property, reviling, and assault are the eightfold set of vices produced by wrath. That greediness which all wise men declare to be the root even of both these sets, let him carefully conquer; both sets of vices are produced by that. Drinking, dice, women, and hunting, these four which have been enumerated in succession, he must know to be the most pernicious in the set that springs from love of pleasure.",
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- "law": "Doing bodily injury, reviling, and the seizure of property, these three he must know to be the most pernicious in the set produced by wrath.",
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- "law": "A self-controlled King should know that in this set of seven, which prevails everywhere, each earlier-named vice is more abominable than those named later. On a comparison between vice and death, vice is declared to be more pernicious. A vicious man sinks to the nethermost hell, he who dies, free from vice, ascends to heaven.",
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- "law": "Let him appoint seven or eight ministers whose ancestors have been royal servants, who are versed in the sciences, heroes skilled in the use of weapons and descended from noble families and who have been tried.",
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- "law": "Even an undertaking easy in itself is sometimes hard to be accomplished by a single man. How much harder is it for a King, especially if he has no assistant to govern a kingdom which yields great revenues.",
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- "law": "Let him daily consider with them the ordinary business, referring to peace and war, the four subjects called sthana, the revenue, the manner of protecting himself and his kingdom, and the sanctification of his gains by pious gifts.",
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- "law": "Having first ascertained the opinion of each minister separately and then the views of all together, let him do what is (most) beneficial for him in his affairs.",
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- "law": "But with the most distinguished among them all, a learned Brahmana, let the King deliberate on the most important affairs which relate to the six measures of royal policy.",
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- "law": "Let him, full of confidence, always entrust to that official all business. Having taken his final resolution with him, let him afterwards begin to act.",
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- "law": "He must also appoint other officials, (men) of integrity, (who are) wise, firm, well able to collect money, and well tried.",
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- "law": "As many persons as the due performance of his business requires, so many skilful and clever (men), free from sloth, let him appoint.",
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- "law": "Among them let him employ the brave, the skilful, and the honest in offices for the collection of revenue, in mines, manufactures, and storehouses, but the timid in the interior of his palace.",
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- "law": "Let him also appoint an ambassador who is versed in all sciences, who understands hints, expressions of the face and gestures, who is honest, and skilful. Such an ambassador is commended to a King who is loyal, honest, skilful, possessing a good memory, who knows the proper place and time for action, fearless, and eloquent.",
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- "law": "The army depends on the official placed in charge of it, the due control of the subjects on the army, the treasury and the government of the realm on the King, peace and its opposite war on the ambassador. For the ambassador alone makes Kings' allies and separates allies. The ambassador transacts that business by which Kings are disunited or not.",
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- "law": "With respect to the affairs let the ambassador explore the expression of the countenance, the gestures and actions of the foreign King through the gestures and actions of his confidential advisers, and discover his designs among his servants. Having learnt exactly from his ambassador the designs of the foreign king, let the king take such measures that he does not bring evil on himself.",
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- "law": "Let him settle in a country which is open and has a dry climate, where grain is abundant, not subject to epidemic diseases or similar troubles, and pleasant, where the vassals are obedient and his own people easily find their livelihood. Let him build there a town, making for his safety a fortress, protected by a desert, or a fortress built of stone and earth, or one protected by water or trees, or one (formed by an encampment of armed) men or a hill-fort.",
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- "law": "Let him make every effort to secure a hill-fort, for amongst all those fortresses mentioned a hill-fort is distinguished by many superior qualities. The first three of those various kinds of fortresses are inhabited by wild beasts, animals living in holes and aquatic animals, the last three by monkeys, men, and gods respectively. As enemies do not hurt these beings, when they are sheltered by (their) fortresses, even so foes (can) not injure a King who has taken refuge in his fort.",
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- "law": "One bowman, placed on a rampart, is a match in battle for one hundred foes, one hundred for ten thousand. Hence it is prescribed in the Sastras that a King will posses a fortress. Let that fort be well supplied with weapons, money, grain and beasts of burden, with Brahmanas, with artisans, with engines, with fodder, and with water. Let him cause to be built for himself, in the centre of it, a spacious palace, (well) protected, habitable in every season, resplendent with whitewash, supplied with water and trees. Inhabiting that, let him wed a consort of equal caste (varna), who possesses auspicious marks on her body, and is born in a great family, who is charming and possesses beauty and excellent qualities.",
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- "law": "Let him appoint a domestic priest (purohita) and choose officiating priests (ritvig); they shall perform his domestic rites and the (sacrifices) for which three fires are required. A King shall offer various (Srauta) sacrifices at which liberal fees (are distributed), and in order to acquire merit, he shall give to Brahmanas enjoyments and wealth. Let him cause the annual revenue in his kingdom to be collected by trusty (officials), let him obey the sacred law in (his transactions with) the people, and behave like a father towards all men. For the various branches of business let him appoint intelligent supervisors; they shall inspect all the acts of those men who transact his business.",
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- "law": "Let him honour those Brahmanas who have returned from their teacher's house after studying the Veda. For that money which is given to Brahmanas is declared to be an imperishable treasure for kings. Neither thieves nor foes can take it, nor can it be lost; hence an imperishable store must be deposited by kings with Brahmanas.",
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- "law": "The offering made through the mouth of a Brahmana, which is neither spilt, nor falls on the ground, nor ever perishes, is far more excellent than Agnihotras.",
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- "law": "A gift to one who is not a Brahmana yields the ordinary reward. A gift to one who calls himself a Brahmana, a double reward. A gift to a well-read Brahmana, a hundred-thousandfold reward. A gift to one who knows the Veda and the Angas (Vedaparaga, a reward) without end. For according to the particular qualities of the recipient and according to the faith (of the giver) a small or a great reward will be obtained for a gift in the next world.",
291
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
292
- "hash": "md5-RkumRiP/qtYfIgQO8ogmOQ=="
293
- },
294
- {
295
- "id": 1281536915484,
296
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe559",
297
- "law": "A King who, while he protects his people, is defied by foes, be they equal in strength, or stronger, or weaker, must not shrink from battle, remembering the duty of Kshatriyas. Not to turn back in battle, to protect the people, to honour the Brahmanas, is the best means for a King to secure happiness. Those kings who, seeking to slay each other in battle, fight with the utmost exertion and do not turn back, go to heaven.",
298
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
299
- "hash": "md5-+pT7cRb/f0Hw55i8v5aaTw=="
300
- },
301
- {
302
- "id": 5658388682614,
303
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe55a",
304
- "law": "When he fights with his foes in battle, let him not strike with weapons concealed in wood, nor with such as are barbed, poisoned, or the points of which are blazing with fire. Let him not strike one who in flight has climbed on an eminence, nor a eunuch, nor one who joins the palms of his hands in supplication, nor one who flees with flying hair, nor one who sits down, nor one who says 'I am thine;' Nor one who sleeps, nor one who has lost his coat of mail, nor one who is naked, nor one who is disarmed, nor one who looks on without taking part in the fight, nor one who is fighting with another foe. Nor one whose weapons are broken, nor one afflicted with sorrow, nor one who has been grievously wounded, nor one who is in fear, nor one who has turned to flight; but in all these cases let him remember the duty of honourable warriors.",
305
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
306
- "hash": "md5-y/cy/F1VHjK3FHTYSwtDJw=="
307
- },
308
- {
309
- "id": 2698819879377,
310
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe55b",
311
- "law": "But the Kshatriya who is slain in battle, while he turns back in fear, takes upon himself all the sin of his master, whatever it may be. And whatever merit a man who is slain in flight may have gained for the next world, all that his master takes. Chariots and horses, elephants, parasols, money, grain, cattle, women, all sorts of marketable goods and valueless metals belong to him who takes them singly conquering the possessor.",
312
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
313
- "hash": "md5-5ZR1Nrj0S9V8eL2xWHO6hw=="
314
- },
315
- {
316
- "id": 5006815766655,
317
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe55c",
318
- "law": "A text of the Veda declares that the soldiers shall present a choice portion of the booty to the King. What has not been taken singly, must be distributed by the King among all the soldiers. Thus has been declared the blameless, primeval law for warriors; from this law a Kshatriya must not depart, when he strikes his foes in battle.",
319
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
320
- "hash": "md5-CkCUTvUrZ25pJAgrNMQLFg=="
321
- },
322
- {
323
- "id": 2541696951623,
324
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe55d",
325
- "law": "Let him strive to gain what he has not yet gained. What he has gained let him carefully preserve. Let him augment what he preserves, and what he has augmented let him bestow on worthy men. Let him know that these are the four means for securing the aims of human existence. Let him, without ever tiring, properly employ them.",
326
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
327
- "hash": "md5-Krwo2zJCygIa0rSuV4Ujnw=="
328
- },
329
- {
330
- "id": 2267646542096,
331
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe55e",
332
- "law": "What he has not yet gained, let him seek to gain by his army. What he has gained, let him protect by careful attention. What he has protected, let him augment by various lawful modes of increasing it. What he has augmented, let him liberally bestow on worthy men.",
333
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
334
- "hash": "md5-pD/XUU1p0VjeN723TBsQ6g=="
335
- },
336
- {
337
- "id": 5515430490391,
338
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe55f",
339
- "law": "Let him be ever ready to strike, his prowess constantly displayed, and his secrets constantly concealed, and let him constantly explore the weaknesses of his foe. Of him who is always ready to strike, the whole world stands in awe. Let him therefore make all creatures subject to himself even by the employment of force.",
340
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
341
- "hash": "md5-pBRvrp4uyujEsDSCQg8NkA=="
342
- },
343
- {
344
- "id": 3955896736419,
345
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe560",
346
- "law": "Let him ever act without guile, and on no account treacherously. Carefully guarding himself, let him always fathom the treachery which his foes employ.",
347
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
348
- "hash": "md5-/ui/D/venQ4Ur+u9O6Terw=="
349
- },
350
- {
351
- "id": 4093378631025,
352
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe561",
353
- "law": "His enemy must not know his weaknesses, but he must know the weaknesses of his enemy. As the tortoise hides its limbs, even so let him secure the members of his government against treachery, let him protect his own weak points.",
354
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
355
- "hash": "md5-xguWqaBeUpVmqhSgXig7xg=="
356
- },
357
- {
358
- "id": 2569928386304,
359
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe562",
360
- "law": "Let him plan his undertakings patiently meditating like a heron. Like a lion, let him put forth his strength. Like a wolf, let him snatch his prey. Like a hare, let him double in retreat.",
361
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
362
- "hash": "md5-vQPChPZFSETzDWtP7mSVMQ=="
363
- },
364
- {
365
- "id": 5532261776224,
366
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe563",
367
- "law": "When he is thus engaged in conquest, let him subdue all the opponents whom he may find, by the four expedients, conciliation and the rest. If they cannot be stopped by the three first expedients, then let him, overcoming them by force alone, gradually bring them to subjection. Among the four expedients, conciliation and the rest, the learned always recommend conciliation and the employment of force for the prosperity of kingdoms. As the weeder plucks up the weeds and preserves the corn, even so let the King protect his kingdom and destroy his opponents.",
368
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
369
- "hash": "md5-F18MnQ/e01v8gR+bFudx0w=="
370
- },
371
- {
372
- "id": 4237496837186,
373
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe564",
374
- "law": "That King who through folly rashly oppresses his kingdom, (will), together with his relatives, ere long be deprived of his life and of his kingdom. As the lives of living creatures are destroyed by tormenting their bodies, even so the lives of kings are destroyed by their oppressing their kingdoms.",
375
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
376
- "hash": "md5-p1KcnSMehTUVFLowpxFZDA=="
377
- },
378
- {
379
- "id": 1926705073617,
380
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe565",
381
- "law": "In governing his kingdom let him always observe the following rules; for a King who governs his kingdom well, easily prospers. Let him place a company of soldiers, commanded (by a trusty officer), the midst of two, three, five or hundreds of villages, to be a protection of the kingdom. Let him appoint a lord over each village, as well as lords of ten villages, lords of twenty, lords of a hundred, and lords of a thousand. The lord of one village himself shall inform the lord of ten villages of the crimes committed in his village, and the ruler of ten (shall make his report) to the ruler of twenty. But the ruler of twenty shall report all such matters to the lord of a hundred, and the lord of a hundred shall himself give information to the lord of a thousand.",
382
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
383
- "hash": "md5-oi7wEu9SSPhfvZ+Q2mQwtg=="
384
- },
385
- {
386
- "id": 4025753343975,
387
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe566",
388
- "law": "Those articles which the villagers ought to furnish daily to the king, such as food, drink, and fuel, the lord of one village shall obtain. The ruler of ten villages shall enjoy one kula as much land as suffices for one family, the ruler of twenty five kulas, the superintendent of a hundred villages the revenues of one village, the lord of a thousand the revenues of a town. The affairs of these officials, which are connected with their villages and their separate business, another minister of the King shall inspect, who must be loyal and never remiss.",
389
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
390
- "hash": "md5-r0DjfMQMiW033n2aVXzPgw=="
391
- },
392
- {
393
- "id": 5823959017438,
394
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe567",
395
- "law": "And in each town let him appoint one superintendent of all affairs, elevated in rank, formidable, (resembling) a planet among the stars. Let that man always personally visit by turns all those other officials. Let him properly explore their behaviour in their districts through spies appointed to each. For the servants of the King, who are appointed to protect the people, generally become knaves who seize the property of others. Let him protect his subjects against such men.",
396
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
397
- "hash": "md5-u25BpVROjbqaa83HgLLJ0g=="
398
- },
399
- {
400
- "id": 1315378310558,
401
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe568",
402
- "law": "Let the King confiscate the whole property of those (officials) who, evil-minded, may take money from suitors, and banish them.",
403
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
404
- "hash": "md5-ZUsPKbr8gWfsFMlZsqGQvA=="
405
- },
406
- {
407
- "id": 5920484080664,
408
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe569",
409
- "law": "For women employed in the royal service and for menial servants, let him fix a daily maintenance, in proportion to their position and to their work.",
410
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
411
- "hash": "md5-GjrHN1dD/XcPP3pwNEzJdw=="
412
- },
413
- {
414
- "id": 6237805475151,
415
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe56a",
416
- "law": "Having well considered the rates of purchase and of sale, the length of the road, the expense for food and condiments, the charges of securing the goods, let the King make the traders pay duty. After due consideration the King shall always fix in his realm the duties and taxes in such a manner that both he himself and the man who does the work receive their due reward.",
417
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
418
- "hash": "md5-FwsdD404hUk6OVhUiS8wuw=="
419
- },
420
- {
421
- "id": 4778709291385,
422
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe56b",
423
- "law": "As the leech, the calf, and the bee take their food little by little, even so must the King draw from his realm moderate annual taxes. A fiftieth part of the increments on cattle and gold may be taken by the king, and the eighth, sixth, or twelfth part of the crops. He may also take the sixth part of trees, meat, honey, clarified butter, perfumes, medical herbs, substances used for flavouring food, flowers, roots, fruit, leaves, pot-herbs, grass, objects made of cane, skins, of earthen vessels, and all articles made of stone.",
424
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
425
- "hash": "md5-4ZkFz+cxzrm681nFI3wCmA=="
426
- },
427
- {
428
- "id": 6548241219174,
429
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe56c",
430
- "law": "Though dying (with want), a King must not levy a tax on Srotriyas, and no Srotriya, residing in his kingdom, must perish from hunger. The kingdom of that king, in whose dominions a Srotriya pines with hunger, will even, ere long, be afflicted by famine.",
431
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
432
- "hash": "md5-0ft/gaZio1M/AywiMNnQGw=="
433
- },
434
- {
435
- "id": 6778054460452,
436
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe56d",
437
- "law": "Having ascertained his learning in the Veda and the purity of his conduct, the King shall provide for him means of subsistence in accordance with the sacred law, and shall protect him in every way, as a father protects the lawful son of his body.",
438
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
439
- "hash": "md5-nmA326HWrppjom03yfwR6A=="
440
- },
441
- {
442
- "id": 6156448954489,
443
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe56e",
444
- "law": "Whatever meritorious acts such a Brahmana performs under the full protection of the King, thereby the King's length of life, wealth, and kingdom increase.",
445
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
446
- "hash": "md5-dbhoh4CgpZJPagbbf7oHLg=="
447
- },
448
- {
449
- "id": 6114710800823,
450
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe56f",
451
- "law": "Let the King make the common inhabitants of his realm who live by traffic, pay annually some trifle, which is called a tax.",
452
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
453
- "hash": "md5-OJase3NOjgx/IomNCAwXSw=="
454
- },
455
- {
456
- "id": 4746961388349,
457
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe570",
458
- "law": "Mechanics and artisans, as well as Sudras who subsist by manual labour, he may cause to work for himself one day in each month.",
459
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
460
- "hash": "md5-upFzBopm0kEcU688JSZ1Nw=="
461
- },
462
- {
463
- "id": 3969540846576,
464
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe571",
465
- "law": "Let him not cut up his own root by levying no taxes, nor the root of other men by excessive greed; for by cutting up his own root or theirs, he makes himself or them wretched.",
466
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
467
- "hash": "md5-tfowAzyk4Ns+2qSEgBi60g=="
468
- },
469
- {
470
- "id": 2190809985781,
471
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe572",
472
- "law": "Let the king, having carefully considered each affair, be both sharp and gentle; for a King who is both sharp and gentle is highly respected.",
473
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
474
- "hash": "md5-dTTx8BFzNHVz+dwUjNwnWg=="
475
- },
476
- {
477
- "id": 5486883455413,
478
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe573",
479
- "law": "When he is tired with the inspection of the business of men, let him place on that seat of justice his chief minister, who must be acquainted with the law, wise, and self-controlled.",
480
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
481
- "hash": "md5-ZG/vvscVHRnKi6fqIlFyBQ=="
482
- },
483
- {
484
- "id": 2313799253641,
485
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe574",
486
- "law": "Having thus arranged all the affairs of his government, he shall zealously and carefully protect his subjects.",
487
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
488
- "hash": "md5-LN8sgj9242X2nEebwBiwtw=="
489
- },
490
- {
491
- "id": 3983544731498,
492
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe575",
493
- "law": "That Monarch whose subjects are carried off by robbers (Dasyu) from his kingdom, while they loudly call (for help), and he and his servants are quietly looking on, is a dead and not a living King.",
494
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
495
- "hash": "md5-ONDgfoCvgXeawc54rqsNAg=="
496
- },
497
- {
498
- "id": 5414553980839,
499
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe576",
500
- "law": "The highest duty of a Kshatriya is to protect his subjects, for the King who enjoys the rewards, just mentioned, is bound to discharge that duty.",
501
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
502
- "hash": "md5-6h/8CucQWdBWhBSn28Ifqw=="
503
- },
504
- {
505
- "id": 3044412871269,
506
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe577",
507
- "law": "Having risen in the last watch of the night, having performed the rite of personal purification, having, with a collected mind, offered oblations in the fire, and having worshipped Brahmanas, he shall enter the hall of audience which must possess the marks considered auspicious for a dwelling.",
508
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
509
- "hash": "md5-7OtwC6YnUEmWBivcd03Heg=="
510
- },
511
- {
512
- "id": 2988622622349,
513
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe578",
514
- "law": "Tarrying there, he shall gratify all subjects who come to see him by a kind reception and afterwards dismiss them; having dismissed his subjects, he shall take counsel with his ministers.",
515
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
516
- "hash": "md5-9fV+E2y2xd7nxOJS27KjpA=="
517
- },
518
- {
519
- "id": 6742774389957,
520
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe579",
521
- "law": "That King whose secret plans other people, though assembled for the purpose, do not discover, will enjoy the whole earth, though he be poor in treasure.",
522
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
523
- "hash": "md5-Vdp0aXPT+2tU8XzsoF+96A=="
524
- },
525
- {
526
- "id": 6460118803972,
527
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe57a",
528
- "law": "At the time of consultation let him cause to be removed idiots, the dumb, the blind, and the deaf, animals, very aged men, women, barbarians, the sick, and those deficient in limbs. Such persons, likewise animals, and particularly women betray secret council. For that reason he must be careful with respect to them.",
529
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
530
- "hash": "md5-ZzPlIjMXK4QZQ9aE+QH5kQ=="
531
- },
532
- {
533
- "id": 5245752234941,
534
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe57b",
535
- "law": "At midday or at midnight, when his mental and bodily fatigues are over, let him deliberate, either with himself alone or with his ministers, on virtue, pleasure, and wealth. On reconciling the attainment of these aims which are opposed to each other, on bestowing his daughters in marriage, and on keeping his sons from harm. On sending ambassadors, on the completion of undertakings already begun, on the behaviour of the women in his country, and on the doings of his spies. On the whole eightfold business and the five classes of spies, on the goodwill or enmity and the conduct of the circle of neighbours he must carefully reflect.",
536
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
537
- "hash": "md5-PH+RI8jj6iKbQjNzJMEDRg=="
538
- },
539
- {
540
- "id": 6229392804343,
541
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe57c",
542
- "law": "On the conduct of the middlemost prince, on the doings of him who seeks conquest, on the behaviour of the neutral King), and on that of the foe let him sedulously meditate.",
543
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
544
- "hash": "md5-H8LImA+Z09AYrn6Xn1ez5Q=="
545
- },
546
- {
547
- "id": 3681555754196,
548
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe57d",
549
- "law": "These four constituents (prakriti, form), briefly speaking, the foundation of the circle of neighbours besides, eight others are enumerated in the Institutes of Polity and thus the total is declared to be twelve.",
550
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
551
- "hash": "md5-d3i/g6VwmXxcjMoWgp4IVQ=="
552
- },
553
- {
554
- "id": 1599822151104,
555
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe57e",
556
- "law": "The minister, the kingdom, the fortress, the treasury, and the army are five other constituent elements of the circle for these are mentioned in connexion with each of the first twelve thus the whole circle consists, briefly speaking, of seventy-two constituent parts.",
557
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
558
- "hash": "md5-gAxG0MBh/po8e7j1lyLojA=="
559
- },
560
- {
561
- "id": 3191572847447,
562
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe57f",
563
- "law": "Let the king consider as hostile his immediate neighbour and the partisan of such a foe, as friendly the immediate neighbour of his foe, and as neutral the King beyond those two.",
564
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
565
- "hash": "md5-bQEXkBczIc2GBk1eqOQ37A=="
566
- },
567
- {
568
- "id": 3676624150292,
569
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe580",
570
- "law": "Let him overcome all of them by means of the four expedients, conciliation and the rest, employed either singly or conjointly, or by bravery and policy alone.",
571
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
572
- "hash": "md5-n8P2SM5zRaRj2+tO3oWokw=="
573
- },
574
- {
575
- "id": 5354872075287,
576
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe581",
577
- "law": "Let him constantly think of the six measures of royal policy alliance, war, marching, halting, dividing the army, and seeking protection. Having carefully considered the business in hand, let him resort to sitting quiet or marching, alliance or war, dividing his forces or seeking protection as the case may require.",
578
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
579
- "hash": "md5-6eZWvZp5GFscMD9aayIC3A=="
580
- },
581
- {
582
- "id": 1641967671824,
583
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe582",
584
- "law": "But the King must know that there are two kinds of alliances and of wars, likewise two of both marching and sitting quiet, and two occasions for seeking protection. An alliance which yields present and future advantages, one must know to be of two descriptions, that when one marches together with an ally and the contrary when the allies act separately.",
585
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
586
- "hash": "md5-EsJt8o8YSY5c+pShElnpTg=="
587
- },
588
- {
589
- "id": 5694572338472,
590
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe583",
591
- "law": "War is declared to be of two kinds, that which is undertaken in season or out of season, by oneself and for one's own purposes, and that waged to defend an injury done to a friend.",
592
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593
- "hash": "md5-gpLwdhi5x1cBDqUkbXnHqQ=="
594
- },
595
- {
596
- "id": 6144316277593,
597
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe584",
598
- "law": "Marching to attack is said to be twofold, that undertaken by one alone when an urgent matter has suddenly arisen, and that undertaken by one allied with a friend.",
599
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
600
- "hash": "md5-nm7jrjwb1Pgj82yTnBMI8A=="
601
- },
602
- {
603
- "id": 3217714965274,
604
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe585",
605
- "law": "Sitting quiet is stated to be of two kinds, that incumbent on one who has gradually been weakened by fate or in consequence of former acts, and that in favour of a friend.",
606
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
607
- "hash": "md5-1cf6nSorq/OKbhsLMeJjiQ=="
608
- },
609
- {
610
- "id": 7203845400055,
611
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe586",
612
- "law": "If the army stops in one place and its master in another in order to effect some purpose, that is called by those acquainted with the virtues of the measures of royal policy, the twofold division of the forces.",
613
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
614
- "hash": "md5-dktVrLO6QriN0ccyvqQr4w=="
615
- },
616
- {
617
- "id": 3198686780962,
618
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe587",
619
- "law": "Seeking refuge is declared to be of two kinds, first for the purpose of attaining an advantage when one is harassed by enemies, secondly in order to become known among the virtuous as the protege of a powerful king.",
620
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
621
- "hash": "md5-05csiKHv06yHLCTy8veSPA=="
622
- },
623
- {
624
- "id": 4145545599170,
625
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe588",
626
- "law": "When the King knows that at some future time his superiority is certain, and that at the time present he will suffer little injury, then let him have recourse to peaceful measures. But when he thinks all his subjects to be exceedingly contented, and that he himself is most exalted in power, then let him make war. When he knows his own army to be cheerful in disposition and strong, and that of his enemy the reverse, then let him march against his foe. But if he is very weak in chariots and beasts of burden and in troops, then let him carefully sit quiet, gradually conciliating his foes. When the King knows the enemy to be stronger in every respect, then let him divide his army and thus achieve his purpose. But when he is very easily assailable by the forces of the enemy, then let him quickly seek refuge with a righteous, powerful King.",
627
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
628
- "hash": "md5-ToB3nL1wPiyOCirfKKwQbA=="
629
- },
630
- {
631
- "id": 5875676545872,
632
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe589",
633
- "law": "That Prince who will coerce both his disloyal subjects and the army of the foe, let him ever serve with every effort like a Guru. When, even in that condition, he sees that evil is caused by such protection, let him without hesitation have recourse to war. By all the four expedients a politic prince must arrange (matters so) that neither friends, nor neutrals, nor foes are superior to himself.",
634
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
635
- "hash": "md5-8UApGtYd6+qsSGnlgszapA=="
636
- },
637
- {
638
- "id": 7170421579591,
639
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe58a",
640
- "law": "Let him fully consider the future and the immediate results of all undertakings, and the good and bad sides of all past actions. He who knows the good and the evil which will result from his acts in the future, is quick in forming resolutions for the present, and understands the consequences of past (actions), will not be conquered.",
641
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
642
- "hash": "md5-o1OA3DkQm/g0yA94CkcfLg=="
643
- },
644
- {
645
- "id": 6484024547240,
646
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe58b",
647
- "law": "Let him arrange everything in such a manner that no ally, no neutral or foe may injure him. That is the sum of political wisdom.",
648
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
649
- "hash": "md5-Hovt7vQDex6oUjlsLtG86A=="
650
- },
651
- {
652
- "id": 5215111914361,
653
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe58c",
654
- "law": "But if the King undertakes an expedition against a hostile kingdom, then let him gradually advance, in the following manner, against his foe's capital. Let the King undertake his march in the fine month Margasirsha, or towards the months of Phalguna and Kaitra, according to the condition of his army. Even at other times, when he has a certain prospect of victory, or when a disaster has befallen his foe, he may advance to attack him.",
655
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
656
- "hash": "md5-BliykVEq53/QhTvcIdX4+Q=="
657
- },
658
- {
659
- "id": 2985821132582,
660
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe58d",
661
- "law": "But having duly arranged all affairs in his original kingdom and what relates to the expedition, having secured a basis for his operations and having duly dispatched his spies. Having cleared the three kinds of roads, and (having made) his sixfold army (efficient), let him leisurely proceed in the manner prescribed for warfare against the enemy's capital.",
662
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
663
- "hash": "md5-Jtm5fciW7RazZhadvOamAA=="
664
- },
665
- {
666
- "id": 5839292894431,
667
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe58e",
668
- "law": "Let him be very much on his guard against a friend who secretly serves the enemy and against deserters who return from the enemy's camp. For such men are the most dangerous foes.",
669
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
670
- "hash": "md5-ybK8W648VBl7kTDuA5Ts6Q=="
671
- },
672
- {
673
- "id": 3689152236328,
674
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe58f",
675
- "law": "Let him march on his road, arraying his troops like a staff (i.e. in an oblong), or like a waggon (i.e. in a wedge), or like a boar (i.e. in a rhombus), or like a Makara (i.e. in two triangles, with the apices joined), or like a pin (i.e. in a long line), or like a Garuda (i.e. in a rhomboid with far-extended wings).",
676
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
677
- "hash": "md5-RvjTYiFMVhgFsDt/My9VBg=="
678
- },
679
- {
680
- "id": 5778420811878,
681
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe590",
682
- "law": "From whatever side he apprehends danger, in that direction let him extend his troops, and let him always himself encamp in an array, shaped like a lotus.",
683
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
684
- "hash": "md5-Gj2Q7gQCOO/pdj8oU3QJ9w=="
685
- },
686
- {
687
- "id": 7003226341499,
688
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe591",
689
- "law": "Let him allot to the commander-in-chief, to the subordinate general, and to the superior officers places in all directions, and let him turn his front in that direction whence he fears danger. On all sides let him place troops of soldiers, on whom he can rely, with whom signals have been arranged, who are expert both in sustaining a charge and in charging, fearless and loyal. Let him make a small number of soldiers fight in close order, at his pleasure let him extend a large number in loose ranks, or let him make them fight, arranging (a small number) in the needle-array, (and a large number) in the thunderbolt-array.",
690
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
691
- "hash": "md5-aqFHZuO75WGMDt8YbVDuQw=="
692
- },
693
- {
694
- "id": 4147273426230,
695
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe592",
696
- "law": "On even ground let him fight with chariots and horses, in water-bound places with boats and elephants, on ground covered with trees and shrubs with bows, on hilly ground with swords, targets, and other weapons.",
697
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
698
- "hash": "md5-i+mx3mI/vTBTa9zwcKkTHA=="
699
- },
700
- {
701
- "id": 7014969329134,
702
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe593",
703
- "law": "After arranging his troops, he should encourage them by an address and carefully inspect them. He should also mark the behaviour of the soldiers when they engage the enemy.",
704
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
705
- "hash": "md5-D8su2Ulh5fRr06UIu2d9qg=="
706
- },
707
- {
708
- "id": 2595593328378,
709
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe594",
710
- "law": "When he has shut up his foe in a town, let him sit encamped, harass his kingdom, and continually spoil his grass, food, fuel, and water. Likewise let him destroy the tanks, ramparts, and ditches, and let him assail the foe unawares and alarm him at night.",
711
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
712
- "hash": "md5-0qG2HOWOPmqTKbDpZanekA=="
713
- },
714
- {
715
- "id": 5301976659087,
716
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe595",
717
- "law": "Let him instigate to rebellion those who are open to such instigations, let him be informed of his foe's doings, and, when fate is propitious, let him fight without fear, trying to conquer.",
718
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
719
- "hash": "md5-PeekRhWop4Q/n8hIEXMv8g=="
720
- },
721
- {
722
- "id": 2535664559273,
723
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe596",
724
- "law": "He should however try to conquer his foes by conciliation, by well-applied gifts, and by creating dissension, used either separately or conjointly, never by fighting, if it can be avoided. For when two princes fight, victory and defeat in the battle are, as experience teaches, uncertain; let him therefore avoid an engagement.",
725
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
726
- "hash": "md5-ZGcyIiNkoifI63AMPP8f/w=="
727
- },
728
- {
729
- "id": 6480791870772,
730
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe597",
731
- "law": "But if even those three before-mentioned expedients fail, then let him, duly exerting himself, fight in such a manner that he may completely conquer his enemies. When he has gained victory, let him duly worship the gods and honour righteous Brahmanas, let him grant exemptions, and let him cause promises of safety to be proclaimed.",
732
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
733
- "hash": "md5-0M/Kr8a+V3wjEVX3/X8WdQ=="
734
- },
735
- {
736
- "id": 6888502470748,
737
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe598",
738
- "law": "But having fully ascertained the wishes of all the conquered, let him place there a relative of the vanquished ruler on the throne, and let him impose his conditions. Let him make authoritative the lawful customs of the inhabitants, just as they are stated to be, and let him honour the new King and his chief servants with precious gifts. The seizure of desirable property which causes displeasure, and its distribution which causes pleasure, are both recommendable, if they are resorted to at the proper time.",
739
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
740
- "hash": "md5-ojfpH7lJ7RLDyNws5B1UKA=="
741
- },
742
- {
743
- "id": 1363891410598,
744
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe599",
745
- "law": "All undertakings in this world depend both on the ordering of fate and on human exertion, but among these two the ways of fate are unfathomable. In the case of man's work action is possible.",
746
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
747
- "hash": "md5-rrBlnYcTguFNPjaZfFa8sQ=="
748
- },
749
- {
750
- "id": 5058148482844,
751
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe59a",
752
- "law": "Or the King, bent on conquest, considering a friend, gold, and land to be the triple result of an expedition, may, using diligent care, make peace with his foe and return to his realm.",
753
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
754
- "hash": "md5-CDF0cVsx4TnW4YtZEk25xw=="
755
- },
756
- {
757
- "id": 3828204915032,
758
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe59b",
759
- "law": "Having paid due attention to any King in the circle of neighbouring states who might attack him in the rear, and to his supporter who opposes the latter, let the conqueror secure the fruit of the expedition from the prince whom he attacks, whether he may have become friendly or remained hostile.",
760
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
761
- "hash": "md5-apgntDk1DSB2HdZsiywV6Q=="
762
- },
763
- {
764
- "id": 5216923748357,
765
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe59c",
766
- "law": "By gaining gold and land a King grows not so much in strength as by obtaining a firm friend, (who), though weak, (may become) powerful in the future.",
767
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
768
- "hash": "md5-6v4zjFH3ZmBV4hDOzLOT7w=="
769
- },
770
- {
771
- "id": 1380566516310,
772
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe59d",
773
- "law": "A weak friend even is greatly commended, who is righteous and grateful, whose people are contented, who is attached and persevering in his undertakings.",
774
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
775
- "hash": "md5-qj9niYuk2o2dH50st9xlYg=="
776
- },
777
- {
778
- "id": 4760139586170,
779
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe59e",
780
- "law": "The wise declare him to be a most dangerous foe, who is wise, of noble race, brave, clever, liberal, grateful, and firm.",
781
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
782
- "hash": "md5-v7txrbgcGC8MpOjwcQsM6g=="
783
- },
784
- {
785
- "id": 4477141129093,
786
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe59f",
787
- "law": "Behaviour worthy of an Kings, knowledge of men, bravery, a compassionate disposition, and great liberality are the virtues of a neutral who may be courted.",
788
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
789
- "hash": "md5-zxKLhLnfEdXkkCRSligRaQ=="
790
- },
791
- {
792
- "id": 1652158632182,
793
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe5a0",
794
- "law": "Let the king, without hesitation, quit for his own sake even a country which is salubrious, fertile, and causing an increase of cattle. For times of need let him preserve his wealth; at the expense of his wealth let him preserve his wife; let him at all events preserve himself even by giving up his wife and his wealth.",
795
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
796
- "hash": "md5-BZwVIiMT2pYyg7FFKqonIA=="
797
- },
798
- {
799
- "id": 6264496478730,
800
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe5a1",
801
- "law": "A wise King, seeing that all kinds of misfortunes violently assail him at the same time, should try all the four expedients, be it together or separately, in order to save himself. On the person who employs the expedients, on the business to be accomplished, and on all the expedients collectively, on these three let him ponder and strive to accomplish his ends.",
802
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
803
- "hash": "md5-M6pqYuZC7nWgxnjrfoA3lQ=="
804
- },
805
- {
806
- "id": 6082582665340,
807
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe5a2",
808
- "law": "Having thus consulted with his ministers on all these matters, having taken exercise, and having bathed afterwards, the King may enter the harem at midday in order to dine. There he may eat food, which has been prepared by faithful, incorruptible servants who know the proper time for dining, which has been well examined and hallowed by sacred texts that destroy poison.",
809
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
810
- "hash": "md5-lzHxwbiaBqBoKrrWRRWuoQ=="
811
- },
812
- {
813
- "id": 1842088128391,
814
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe5a3",
815
- "law": "Let him mix all his food with medicines that are antidotes against poison, and let him always be careful to wear gems which destroy poison. Well tried females whose toilet and ornaments have been examined, shall attentively serve him with fans, water, and perfumes. In like manner let him be careful about his carriages, bed, seat, bath, toilet, and all his ornaments.",
816
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
817
- "hash": "md5-8lTwsX//TOFqBMRPWk6Cag=="
818
- },
819
- {
820
- "id": 4208595196382,
821
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe5a4",
822
- "law": "Adorned with his robes of state, let him again inspect his fighting men, all his chariots and beasts of burden, the weapons and accoutrements. Having performed his twilight devotions, let him, well armed, hear in an inner apartment the doings of those who make secret reports and of his spies.",
823
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
824
- "hash": "md5-1I3Lgo7Ng4H7AQ2Q5WM6Tw=="
825
- },
826
- {
827
- "id": 1489939067755,
828
- "dbid": "67f8335e985103875b0fe5a5",
829
- "law": "A King who is in good health must observe these rules; but, if he is indisposed, he may entrust all this business to his servants.",
830
- "created": "Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 2:33:05 PM",
831
- "hash": "md5-TcGFESeNi0qtpIRHxRitnw=="
832
- }
833
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834
- }