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कच्चित् आभ्यन्तरेभ्यः च बाह्येभ्यः च विशाम् पतेkaccit ābhyantarebhyaḥ ca bāhyebhyaḥ ca viśām pateI hope that from internal and from external enemies, o lord of peoples,
रक्षसि आत्मानम् एव अग्रे तान् च स्वेभ्यः मिथः च तान्rakṣasi ātmānam eva agre tān ca svebhyaḥ mithaḥ ca tānyou protect first of all yourself, and then them -- from their own and from one another;
कच्चित् न पाने द्यूते वा क्रीडासु प्रमदासु चkaccit na pāne dyūte vā krīḍāsu pramadāsu caI hope that neither for drinking, nor for dicing, nor for amusements, nor for women,
प्रतिजानन्ति पूर्व-अह्णे व्ययम् व्यसन-जम् तवpratijānanti pūrva-ahṇe vyayam vyasana-jam tavais your expense, born of vice, declared in the morning;
कच्चित् आयस्य च अर्धेन चतुर्-भागेन वा पुनःkaccit āyasya ca ardhena catur-bhāgena vā punaḥI hope that by half of the revenue, or by a quarter,
पाद-भागैः त्रिभिः वा अपि व्ययः संशोध्यते तवpāda-bhāgaiḥ tribhiḥ vā api vyayaḥ saṃśodhyate tavaor by three quarters of it, your expenditure is checked?
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आभ्यन्तरेभ्यश्ābhyantarebhyaśoriginal form "ābhyantarebhyaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाह्येभ्यश्bāhyebhyaśoriginal form "bāhyebhyaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विशांviśāṃoriginal form "viśāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रक्षस्य्rakṣasyoriginal form "rakṣasy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवाग्रेevāgreoriginal form "evāgre", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांश्tāṃśoriginal form "tāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वेभ्योsvebhyooriginal form "svebhyo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मिथश्mithaśoriginal form "mithaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिन्kaccinoriginal form "kaccin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पूर्वाह्णेpūrvāhṇeoriginal form "pūrvāhṇe", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्ययंvyayaṃoriginal form "vyayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यसनजंvyasanajaṃoriginal form "vyasanajaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चार्धेनcārdhenaoriginal form "cārdhena", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चतुर्भागेनcaturbhāgenaoriginal form "caturbhāgena", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पादभागैस्pādabhāgaisoriginal form "pādabhāgais", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रिभिर्tribhiroriginal form "tribhir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
वापिvāpioriginal form "vāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here thrift and sobriety stand alongside self-protection. It is telling that expense "born of vice" is condemned specifically, and spending is measured against income: a treasury squandered on passions ruins a realm more surely than an enemy does. Thus scripture shows moderation in spending as the support of the kingdom; what follows concerns mercy toward the needy and the keeping of accounts.