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तस्य एव परिचारक व्यञ्जन उपदिष्टः सिद्ध व्यञ्जनः सांवदनिकीम् ओषधीं दद्यात् "वैदेहक शरीरे अवघातव्या" इति ॥

A spy in the service of the merchant may give to another spy, employed as a servant of the maid-servant, some medical drug, telling the latter that (in order to regain the love of the merchant), the drug may be applied to the person of the merchant (by the maid-servant).

english translation

सिद्धे सुभगाया अप्य् एनं योगम् उपदिशेत् "राज शरीरे अवधातव्या" इति ॥

On her attaining success (the maid-servant) may inform the queen that the same drug may be applied to the person of the king (to secure his love).

english translation

ततो रसेन अतिसंदध्यात् ॥

and then change the drug for poison.

english translation

कार्तान्तिक व्यञ्जनो वा महा मात्रं "राज लक्षण सम्पन्नम्" क्रम अभिनीतं ब्रूयात् ॥

A spy, under the guise of an astrologer, may gradually delude the enemy's prime minister with the belief that he is possessed of all the physiognomical characteristics of a king

english translation

भार्याम् अस्य भिक्षुकी "राज पत्नी राज प्रसविनी वा भविष्यसि" इति ॥

a mendicant woman may tell the minister's wife that she has the characteristics of a queen and that she will bring forth a prince.

english translation