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Niti (chanakya, Vidura, Bhartr^ihari, ...)
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->"mantreNa" has the tR^itIyA vibhakti, so it means "by the mantra" or by the code-word. If a mantrI or counsellor was meant it would have been "mantriNA" in the singular.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Ashok Ji, that is right, "mantreNa" is the karaNa vibhakti of 'mantra' and not a plural form of 'mantrI' in kartA vibhakti. So:

the objective decided mentally, should never be revealed in speech
by wise counsil (or by code words), guard the deepest secrets while determined in the enterprise

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more about which places to avoid:

lokayAtrA bhayaM lajjA dakshiNyAM tyAgashIlatA
pa~ncha yatra na vidyante na kuryAt tatra saMsthitiM

lokayAtrA(=?), fear (of authority), shame (for loss of honour), (tendency of) donation, and (natural disposition of) renouncing -
where these 5 attibutes are not found (in local people), make not a residence there

(chANakya-nIti-darpaNAH 1.10)

appears that he is describing the most places of urban India of our times...

what does the first term loka-yAtrA mean here?
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