Arthashastra

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प्रसाध्य शत्रुं यन् मित्रं वृद्धं गच्छेद् अवश्यताम् । सामन्त एक अन्तराभ्यां तत् प्रकृतिभ्यां विरोधयेत् ॥

When, after having put down the enemy, and after having grown in power, a friend becomes unsubmissive, the conqueror should cause the friend to incur the displeasure of a neighbour and of the king who is next to the neighbour.

english translation

prasAdhya zatruM yan mitraM vRddhaM gacched avazyatAm । sAmanta eka antarAbhyAM tat prakRtibhyAM virodhayet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript