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यदि वा मन्येत "न अस्मि शक्तः पर कर्माण्य् उपहन्तुम्, स्व कर्म उपघातं वा त्रातुम्" इति, बलवन्तम् आश्रितः स्व कर्म अनुष्ठानेन क्षयात् स्थानं स्थानाद् वृद्धिं च आकाङ्क्षेत ॥

Or if a king thinks:-- "That I am strong enough neither to harass my enemy‟s works nor to defend my own against my enemy's attack," then he shall seek protection from a king of superior power and endeavour to pass from the stage of deterioration to that of stagnancy and from the latter to that of progress.

english translation

Chapter 1

Verse 37