praṇamya śirasā viṣṇuṃ trailokyādhipatiṃ prabhum |
nānāśāstroddhṛtaṃ vakṣye rājanītisamuccayam || 01 ||
adhītyedaṃ yathāśāstraṃ naro jānāti sattamaḥ |
dharmopadeśavikhyātaṃ kāryākāryaṃ śubhāśubham || 02 ||
tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā |
yena vijñātamātreṇa sarvajñātvaṃ prapadyate || 03 ||
mūrkhaśiṣyopadeśena duṣṭastrībharaṇena ca |
duḥkhitaiḥ samprayogeṇa paṇḍito'pyavasīdati || 04 ||
duṣṭā bhāryā śaṭhaṃ mitraṃ bhṛtyaścottaradāyakaḥ |
sasarpe ca gṛhe vāso mṛtyureva na saṃśayaḥ || 05 ||
āpadarthe dhanaṃ rakṣeddārān rakṣeddhanairapi |
ātmānaṃ satataṃ rakṣeddārairapi dhanairapi || 06 ||
āpadarthe dhanaṃ rakṣecchrīmatāṃ kuta āpadaḥ |
kadāciccalate lakṣmīḥ sañcito'pi vinaśyati || 07 ||
yasmindeśe na sammāno na vṛttirna ca bāndhavāḥ |
na ca vidyāgamo'pyasti vāsaṃ tatra na kārayet || 08 ||
dhanikaḥ śrotriyo rājā nadī vaidyastu pañcamaḥ |
pañca yatra na vidyante na tatra divasaṃ vaset || 09 ||
lokayātrā bhayaṃ lajjā dākṣiṇyaṃ tyāgaśīlatā |
pañca yatra na vidyante na kuryāttatra saṃsthitim || 10 ||
jānīyātpreṣaṇe bhṛtyānbāndhavān vyasanāgame |
mitraṃ cāpattikāleṣu bhāryāṃ ca vibhavakṣaye || 11 ||
āture vyasane prāpte durbhikṣe śatrusaṅkaṭe |
rājadvāre śmaśāne ca yastiṣṭhati sa bāndhavaḥ || 12 ||
yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvaṃ pariṣevate |
dhruvāṇi tasya naśyanti cādhruvaṃ naṣṭameva hi || 13 ||
varayetkulajāṃ prājño virūpāmapi kanyakām |
rūpaśīlāṃ na nīcasya vivāhaḥ sadṛśe kule || 14 ||
nadīnāṃ śastrapāṇīnānnakhīnāṃ śaṛṅgiṇāṃ tathā |
viśvāso naiva kartavyaḥ strīṣu rājakuleṣu ca || 15 ||
viṣādapyamṛtaṃ grāhyamamedhyādapi kāñcanam |
amitrādapi sadvṛttaṃ bālādapi subhāṣitam || 16 ||
strīṇāṃ dviguṇa āhāro lajjā cāpi caturguṇā |
sāhasaṃ ṣaḍguṇaṃ caiva kāmaścāṣṭaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ || 17 ||