पार्ष्णि ग्राहश् च आटविकः शत्रु मुख्यः शत्रुर् वा भूमि दान साध्यः कश्चिद् आसाद्येत, निर्गुणया भूम्या एनम् उपग्राहयेत्, अप्रतिसम्बद्धया दुर्गस्थम्, निरुपजीव्यया आटविकं ॥ प्रत्यादेयया तत् कुलीनं शत्रोः, अपच्छिन्नया शत्रोर् अपरुद्धं नित्य अमित्रया श्रेणी बलम्, बलवत् सामन्तया संहत बलम्, उभाभ्यां युद्धे प्रतिलोमम्, ॥ अलब्ध व्यायामया उत्साहिनम्, शूयया अरि पक्षीयम्, कर्शितया अपवाहितम्, महा क्षय व्यय निवेशया गत प्रत्यागतम्, अनपाश्रयया प्रत्यपसृतम्, परेण अनधिवास्यया स्वयम् एव भर्तारम् उपग्राहयेत् ॥
If he happens to have an enemy in the rear, or a wild chief, or an enemy, or a chief enemy capable of being propitiated with the gift of lands, he should provide such an enemy with a useless piece of land,; an enemy possessed of forts with a piece of land not connected with his (conqueror's) own territory; a wild chief with a piece of land yielding no livelihood; a scion of the enemy's family with a piece of land that can be taken back; an enemy's prisoner with a piece of land which is (not?) snatched from the enemy; a corporation of armed men with a piece of land, constantly under troubles from an enemy; the combination of corporations with a piece of land close to the territory of a powerful king; a corporation invincible in war with a piece of land under both the above troubles; a spirited king desirous of war with a piece of land which affords no advantageous positions for the manœuvre of the army; an enemy's partisan with waste lands; a banished prince with a piece of land exhausted of its resources; a king who has renewed the observance of a treaty of peace after breaking it, with a piece of land which can be colonized at considerable cost of men and money; a deserted prince with a piece of land which affords no protection, and his own protector with an uninhabitable piece of land.
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