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धार्मिकं जाति कुल श्रुत वृत्त स्तवेन सम्बन्धेन पूर्वेषां त्रैकाल्य उपकारान् अपकाराभ्यां वा सान्त्वयेत् ॥

A virtuous king may be conciliated by praising his birth, family, learning and character, and by pointing out the relationship which his ancestors had (with the proposer of peace), or by describing the benefits and absence of enmity shown to him.

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