Arthashastra

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

sanskrit

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.

english translation

madyamaz ced vijigISor mitraM mitra bhAvi lipseta, mitrasya Atmanaz ca mitrANy utthApya madhyamAc ca mitrANi bhedayitvA mitraM trAyeta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/18/5

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

sanskrit

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.

english translation

madyamaz ced vijigISor mitraM mitra bhAvi lipseta, mitrasya Atmanaz ca mitrANy utthApya madhyamAc ca mitrANi bhedayitvA mitraM trAyeta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript