Arthashastra

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विशिष्ट बल अभावे सम बलैस् तुल्य बल संघैर् वा बलवतः सम्भूय तिष्ठेद् यान् न मन्त्र प्रभाव शक्तिभ्याम् अतिसंदध्यात् ॥

sanskrit

In the absence of a superior king, he should combine with a number of his equals who are equal in power to his enemy and whom his enemy's power of purse, army, and intrigue cannot reach.

english translation

viziSTa bala abhAve sama balais tulya bala saMghair vA balavataH sambhUya tiSThed yAn na mantra prabhAva zaktibhyAm atisaMdadhyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/15/3

विशिष्ट बल अभावे सम बलैस् तुल्य बल संघैर् वा बलवतः सम्भूय तिष्ठेद् यान् न मन्त्र प्रभाव शक्तिभ्याम् अतिसंदध्यात् ॥

sanskrit

In the absence of a superior king, he should combine with a number of his equals who are equal in power to his enemy and whom his enemy's power of purse, army, and intrigue cannot reach.

english translation

viziSTa bala abhAve sama balais tulya bala saMghair vA balavataH sambhUya tiSThed yAn na mantra prabhAva zaktibhyAm atisaMdadhyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript