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

( 16 ) 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.