Arthashastra
ततः परस्परं मित्र व्यञ्जना वा उभय वेतना वा दूतान् प्रेषयेयुः "अयं ते राजा भूमिं लिप्सते शत्रु संहितः" इति ॥
Then they will, of course, send such of their messengers as are termed friends and recipients of salaries from two states to each other with information: "This king (the conqueror), allied with my army, desires to seize thy territory."
english translation
tataH parasparaM mitra vyaJjanA vA ubhaya vetanA vA dUtAn preSayeyuH "ayaM te rAjA bhUmiM lipsate zatru saMhitaH" iti ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript