Arthashastra

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विषह्य दानाद् आयत्यां क्षमः स्त्री बन्धनाद् अपि । सुवर्ण संधिर् विश्वासाद् एकी भाव गतो भवेत् ॥

Yet as such a burden can tolerably be paid in future, this peace is better than the one with a woman given as an hostage. When the parties making an agreement of peace are amicably united, it is termed suvarnasandhi, „golden peace.‟

english translation

viSahya dAnAd AyatyAM kSamaH strI bandhanAd api । suvarNa saMdhir vizvAsAd ekI bhAva gato bhavet ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript