Arthashastra

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उदासीनश् चेन् मध्यमं लिप्सेत, यतः शत्रुम् अतिसंदध्यान् मित्रस्य उपकारं कुर्याद् उदासीनं वा दण्ड उपकारिणं लभेत ततः परिणमेत ॥

If the neutral king is desirous of combining with the madhyama king, then the conqueror should so attempt as to frustrate the desire of the neutral king to overreach an enemy or to help a friend or to secure the services of the army of another neutral king.

english translation

udAsInaz cen madhyamaM lipseta, yataH zatrum atisaMdadhyAn mitrasya upakAraM kuryAd udAsInaM vA daNDa upakAriNaM labheta tataH pariNameta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript