Shishupala-vadha (Study)
by Shila Chakraborty | 2018 | 112,267 words
This page relates 鈥楿bhayavetana (foreign ambassadors)鈥� of the study on the Shishupala-vadha (in English) in the light of Manusamhita (law and religious duties) and Arthashastra (science of politics and warfare). The Shishupalavadha is an epic poem (Mahakavya) written by Magha in the 7th century AD. It consists of 1800 Sanskrit verses spread over twenty chapters and narrates the details of the king of the Chedis.
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Ubhayavetana (foreign ambassadors)
鈥渒a峁囜弓aka艣odhanokt膩 艣c膩pasarp膩岣� pare峁 k峁泃avetan膩 vaseyu岣� samp膩tina艣c膩r膩rtha峁� te ubhayavetan膩岣� |鈥�
g峁沨墨taputrad膩r膩峁兣沜a kury膩dubhayavetan膩n |
t膩峁兣沜膩riprahit膩n vidy膩tte峁Ｄ佱箖 艣补耻肠补峁� ca tadvidhai岣� ||鈥� (1.12. 17-19)[1]鈥淪pies mentioned in 鈥淭he Suppression of Criminals鈥� should live with enemies receiving wages from them, in order to find out secret information, without associating with one another. They are 鈥榩erson in the pay of both鈥�. And he should appoint 鈥減erson in the pay of both鈥� after taking charge of their sons and wives. And he should know such agents when they are employed by the enemies. And (he should ascertain) their loyalty through (spies of) their type.鈥�[2]
In the fourth part of 础谤迟丑补艣腻蝉迟谤补 named 碍补峁囜弓补办补艣辞诲丑补苍补 where their is mentioning 鈥�apasarpa鈥� that is the spies of the 惫颈箩颈驳颈峁 king getting the service with tricks take the salary from the enemy king and live there, so that he can send the secret information to his home state, those spies are called ambisalaried. They would give the information to the king through 蝉补峁僺迟丑腻 without any meeting with each other from the enemy state.
厂补峁僺迟丑腻 and 蝉补帽肠腻谤补 the spys of king are divided into two groups again. So, 碍补耻峁璱濒测补 says there are three types of spies i.e ubhayavetana, 蝉补峁僺迟丑腻 and 蝉补帽肠腻谤补.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
R.P. Kangle: Op.cit., part-I, p.15.
[2]:
ibid., part-II, p. 26.