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संधेर् अकृत चिकीर्षा कृत श्लेषणं कृत विदूषणम् अवशीर्ण क्रिया च ॥
Peace with no specific end (akritachikírshá), peace with binding terms (kritasleshana), the breaking of peace (kritavidúshana), and restoration of peace broken (apasírnakriyá) are other forms of peace.
english translation
विक्रमस्य प्रकाश युद्धं कूट युद्धं तूष्णीं युद्धम् ॥
Open battle, treacherous battle, and silent battle (i.e. killing an enemy by employing spies when there is no talk of battle at all), are the three forms of battle.
english translation
इति संधि विक्रमौ ॥
This is the treaty and the prowess.
english translation
अपूर्वस्य संधेः स अनुबन्धैः साम आदिभिः पर्येषणं सम हीन ज्यायसां च यथा बलम् अवस्थापनम् अकृत चिकीर्षा ॥
When, by making use of conciliation and other forms of stratagem and the like, a new agreement of peace is made and the rights of equal, inferior, and superior powers concerned in the agreement are defined according to their respective positions, it is termed an agreement of peace with no specific end (other than self-preservation).
english translation
कृतस्य प्रिय हिताभ्याम् उभयतः परिपालनं यथा सम्भाषितस्य च निबन्धनस्य अनुवर्तनं रक्षणं च "कथं परस्मान् न भिद्येत" इति कृत श्लेषणम् ॥
When, by the employment of friends (at the Courts of each other), the agreement of peace made is kept secure and the terms are invariably observed and strictly maintained so that no dissension may creep among the parties, it is termed peace with binding terms.
english translation