Arthashastra

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यदि वा मन्येत "यान साध्यः कर्म उपघातः शत्रोः, प्रतिविहित स्व कर्म आरक्षश् च अस्मि" इति यानेन वृद्धिम् आतिष्ठेत् ॥

Or if a king thinks:-- "That by marching my troops it is possible to destroy the works of my enemy; and as for myself, I have made proper arrangements to safeguard my own works," then he may increase his resources by marching.

english translation

yadi vA manyeta "yAna sAdhyaH karma upaghAtaH zatroH, prativihita sva karma ArakSaz ca asmi" iti yAnena vRddhim AtiSThet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript