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BRIHASPATI SUTRA
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THE SCIENCE OF POLITICS ACCORDING TO THE SCHOOL
OF BRIHASPATI
EDITSD WITH
AN INTRODUCTION AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
BY
Dr. F. W. THOMAS, M. A.,
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INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
1. ANLTQUITY OF ARYAN POLITY.
The Artliashastras have been in existence in
Avyavartaas a saparate literature from very early times.
The superiority of Dbarniashastras over Arthshastras
is referred to in the Smriti ascribed to Y4juavalk(ja hi
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A BRIHASPATI SUTRA.
The text here edited with a translation was brought
to notice in the course of a search for a celebrated
treatise, also ascribed to a Briliaspati, namely the
exponent of the Lokayata or Carvaka doctrine,the
ci^ude corporealism of India, ,The discovery of this
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ions, the tone and style, and even the disjointed and
miscellaneous character of the work, produce a sense
of antiquity hard to conceive of such a treatise
: it is
letter dated 22nd Dec. 1920 thus— 'As desired in your letter, I
to note down
the variants.' These I have not yet rcceived.B.Datta,
°aw and n (read as n: iii. 1 18. iv. 88, v. 22) ; m and h [ i.5,n.8,18,
III. 76, 81, 92, V. 11); k f.nd t (i. 54. 76. iii. 81, 92, 131, v.l3);
h and tt (III. 122) ; ^ and hh (iii. 67) ; c and v (iii. 26-7) ; o
and p (II. 39) ; ?2c and .''o (ii. 73, iii. 23,87, 10^);] and hh
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BR [HASP AT! SVIRA
Xow the Bri/iaspati Sufja.
himself,
His sole science is the Administratioa of
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Punishment [ r^ Goverameut].
4 Even right he should not practise wbon
disapproved by the world.
o Should he practise it, it should be after
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tlie blind, the dwjirf, and the dumb ij-o never to be laughed fit/
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in himself; —
57 Prospects and so forth [he should regard not j
overmuch.
58Those attached to women, gambling, drinking
he should not h ive in his service.
59 During five nddikds prayer to the divinity
of his choice; that passed, the audience;
60 During ten nddikds administration of justice;
€lurmg five nkdikks the bath;
61 During three nddikds the repast;
62 Daring five w(fiiM>" amus3ment and play with
dear ones;
63 During two nddikds twilight worship;
64 During seven nddikds nautch and so f ^rth;
65 During seven nMikks sexual intercourse,
repast, and so forth;
66 During seven nkdikks sleep.
vigilance;
X^ muhurta = 24 minutes.
68 'Sh?.king of the head' : on this as a sign of approval
75 Low-caste [ Foreign ?
] people and heretics
not even with an utterance,
76 Owing to importance of business he may have
recourse to them;
77 Let him say little, however, and assign the
employment.
78 Let him not accept fine gold [ or receive men
of the (3) castes] in private.
79 With workmen, even in his employ, let him
not deliberate upon the task.
80 With his friends let him choose a like friend
as councillor;
81 But if low-born, he must be one having not
iow-born caste.
82Low-born persons have the characteristic of not
mentioning their owui objects and of executing orders.
83 So he should not o ver-chei ish them,
S4 Nor again should he trust them.
'Let dogs dolight &c. '. VVi^h tlnro.^ding <»kule we should render
*he dwjlls as it wore in r. family...
101 S!iu:i% ' J )^' projjbly mj.mi nurj oxActly *pAck of
do2rs"' : c£. a shva raid Panini iv. 2. 48,
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12 When
one characterized by ignorance desires
in a matter connected with right to effect a human
object, then he is a heretic entitled Laukayatika.
13 When a Candala is desirous of enjoying fine
drink, fiesh, and so forth, then he is a heretic entitled
Kapalika.
14 When abandoning twilight worship and so
forth, sacrifice and so forth, he desires the duty of non-
killing, then he is a Kshapanaka heretic.
15 W^hen, abandoning the rites described in the
Veda,and knoY/ledge of them, also Shiva, the Lord of
All, Vishnu, and Shri, a man declares that all is void,
14 Ki>hapanaha: s Jaina.
i 5 'Knowledge^: read karmaj-Atafn 'mass of rites'?
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46 Advantage by advantage ;
47 Pleasure by pleasure ;
Ill ( VIDVA ).
55 Or a city :
56 Or temples.
57 Lot him make use of fennentetl liquors ;
in s?vcrifij0.
continents.
6S The midiuDst i^* the Lui I of A'jtion (Karma).
69 What is in the middle thereof, as far as the
or people.
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133 On PariyatraKshetrapala.
134 In the Land of Action, wich is Bharata, the
gods are many times as numeioiis as the men.
135 Gods, Demons, Yakshas, luikshasas, Bhiitas,
Pretas, Vinayakas, Kt^shmandas, those with distorted
features
136 What they carry and their dress are deter-
minate :
of punishment :
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be heard.
41 The maasurc is to b(^ considered after placating
the master.
42 Having first extolled the master's strong [joints,
not to be undertaken.
46 One knov/ing the SMMras, how
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relatives.
to be dreaded.
13 In cows milk and in a Brahman anger [ are
certain ] ;
mer good and evil arise ; [ so ] the bad man would not
on all occasions act as such.
29 The fickle are not to be highly honoured.
30 So says the Preceptor Brihaspati.
So in the Brihaspati SMra the Fifth Chapter.
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