ArthaŚ, 1, 9, 1.1 jānapado 'bhijātaḥ svavagrahaḥ kṛtaśilpaścakṣuṣmān prājño dhārayiṣṇur dakṣo vāgmī pragalbhaḥ pratipattimān utsāhaprabhāvayuktaḥ kleśasahaḥ śucir maitro dṛḍhabhaktiḥ śīlabalārogyasattvayuktaḥ stambhacāpalahīnaḥ sampriyo vairāṇām akartetyamātyasampat //

ArthaŚ, 2, 7, 10.1 pracāracaritrasaṃsthānānyanupalabhamāno hi prakṛtaḥ samudayam ajñānena parihāpayati utthānakleśāsahatvād ālasyena śabdādiṣvindriyārtheṣu prasaktaḥ pramādena saṃkrośādharmānarthabhīrubhayena kāryārthiṣvanugrahabuddhiḥ kāmena hiṃsābuddhiḥ kopena vidyādravyavallabhāpāśrayād darpeṇa tulāmānatarkagaṇitāntaropadhānāl lobhena //

ArthaŚ, 4, 8, 12.1 dṛśyate hyacoro 'pi coramārge yadṛcchayā saṃnipāte coraveṣaśastrabhāṇḍasāmānyena gṛhyamāṇaścorabhāṇḍasyopavāsena vā yathāṇimāṇḍavyaḥ karmakleśabhayād acoraḥ coro 'smi iti bruvāṇaḥ //

ArthaŚ, 4, 11, 26.1 ete śāstreṣvanugatāḥ kleśadaṇḍā mahātmanām /