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यदा च अस्य प्राण हरं व्याधिम् अन्तः कोपं शत्रु वृद्धिं मित्र व्यसनम् उपस्थितं वा तन् निमित्ताम् आत्मनश् च वृद्धिं पश्येत् तदा सम्भाव्य व्याधि धर्म कार्य अपदेशेन अपयायात् ॥

but when he finds that the time of his own ascendancy is at hand due to a fatal disease, internal troubles, increase of enemies, or a friend's calamities that are vexing his enemy, then under the pretence of performing some expiatory rites to avert the danger of his enemy, he may get out (of the enemy's court).

english translation

Chapter 2

Verse 11