बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

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16 Having marked this, let him have recourse to
one.
17 Let him ever mark the aspect of the lord of
lights ( the moon ? ).
18 And let him defend the order of four castes.
19 And let him make use of medicines ;
20 These which fortify strength, complexion,
energy, self-esteem, intelligence, courage, compassion,
and reduce the faulty humours.
21 Let him procure success by gifts, honours, orn-
aments, and sciences.
22 Let him watch the eighteen Tirthas.
23 Tirthas are the six constituents of royalty,
also enemy, friend, and neutral :
24 Also intestine enemy, intestine friend, intestine
neutral; and these are dependents, companions, and
friends.
25 Also wives, sons, and kinsmen.
26 Others also [ to be watched ] are temples,
places for dances and
27 sacrifices, twilight, pools, cross-roads, heretic
abodes, shops, schools for the young, parade-grounds,
fields, new-moon etc. festivals, harlots' houses, the sea-
shore, presence of ascetics, frontiers, places for sale of
liquor, serais for travellers.
22 Tirtha : a technical term in the Science of Policy
for the important personalities in the kingdom. The use is some-
what peculiar in 23.
23 The constituents (prakriti), as usually enumerated,
are king, minister, country, fortress, treasury, army, and friend:
see Arthashastra, c. 96, and Formichi, op. cit., p. 92.
27 'Twilight-pools' would be places for performing
twilight worship.