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मद्यमश् चेद् विजिगीषोर् मित्रं मित्र भावि लिप्सेत, मित्रस्य आत्मनश् च मित्राण्य् उत्थाप्य मध्यमाच् च मित्राणि भेदयित्वा मित्रं त्रायेत ॥

If the madhyama king is desirous of securing the friendship of the conqueor's would-be friend, then having set his own and his friend's friends against the madhyama, and having separated the madhyama from the latter's friends, the conqueror should preserve his own friend.

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