यदि वा मन्येत "संधिना एकतः स्व कर्माणि प्रवर्तयिष्यामि, विग्रहेण एकतः पर कर्माण्य् उपहनिष्यामि" इति द्वैधी भावेन वृद्धिम् आतिष्ठेत् ॥
Or if a king thinks:-- "That by making peace with one, I can work out my own resources, and by waging war with another, I can destroy the works of my enemy," then he may adopt that double policy and improve his resources.
यदि वा मन्येत "संधिना एकतः स्व कर्माणि प्रवर्तयिष्यामि, विग्रहेण एकतः पर कर्माण्य् उपहनिष्यामि" इति द्वैधी भावेन वृद्धिम् आतिष्ठेत् ॥
Or if a king thinks:-- "That by making peace with one, I can work out my own resources, and by waging war with another, I can destroy the works of my enemy," then he may adopt that double policy and improve his resources.