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PAÑCALINGIPRAKARAŅAM : 139
Cāņakka pañcatantaya kāmandayamāirāyanīio Vakkhāṇanto jīvāņam na khalu aņukampao hoi || 71 ||
Cānkya-Pañcatantram
Kāmandakadirājanītiḥ |
Vyākhyānayan jīvānam na khalu
anukampakaḥ bhavati || 71 ||
Explaining the statecraft put forth by Cāņakya,
or Kamandak or in Pascatantra contained | Is certainly not a display of compassion
for the living, it is ordained || 71 ||
71. Delivering discourses on and explaining state-craft and political philosophies propounded by Caņakya or Kamandaka or that contained in Pascatantra, etc is not considered to be an act of compassion towards six categories of living beings because state-craft includes measures like deception, breaking mutual friendships, telling lies, conducting declared and undeclared wars, etc. Thus, involving gross violence, it is essentially an act of violence and not of compassion. Therefore, Jaina ascetics are forbidden from discoursing on politics and related subjects.
