Library·Kautilya: Arthasastra·5·5.4·5.4.9
विगृह्य कथनम् असभ्यम् अप्रत्यक्षम् अश्रद्धेयम् अनृतं च वाक्यम् उच्चैर् अनर्मणि हासं वातष्ठीवने च शब्दवती न कुर्यात् ॥
vigṛhya kathanam asabhyam apratyakṣam aśraddheyam anṛtaṃ ca vākyam uccair anarmaṇi hāsaṃ vāta.ṣṭhīvane ca śabdavatī na kuryāt //
Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.
Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.
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Cite as: Kautilya: Arthasastra 5.4.9, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/KAZ/5.4.9), after GRETIL, Kautilya: Arthasastra.
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