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पणितः कल्याण बुद्धिम् अनुगृह्णीयात् अन्यथा विक्रमेत ॥
the latter may accept the terms if the proposer is of good intentions: but otherwise war may be declared.
english translation
जात व्यसन प्रकृति रन्ध्रम् अभिहन्तु कामः स्व् आरब्धम् एक अन्त सिद्धिं वा अस्य कर्म उपहन्तु कामो मूले यात्रायां वा प्रहर्तु कामो यातव्याद् भूयो लभमानो वा ज्यायांसं हीनं समं वा भूयो याचेत ॥
When, with the desire of putting down a king in troubles due to the diminished strength of the elements of sovereignty, or with the desire of destroying his well-begun work of immense and unfailing profit, or with the intention of striking him in his own place or on the occasion of marching, one, though frequently getting immense (subsidy) from an assailable enemy of equal, inferior, or superior power, sends demands to him again and again.
english translation
भूयो वा याचितः स्व बल रक्षा अर्थं दुर्धर्षम् अन्य दुर्गम् आसारम् अटवीं वा पर दण्डेन मर्दितु कामः प्रकृष्टे अध्वनि काले वा पर दण्डं क्षय व्ययाभ्यां योक्तु कामः पर दण्डेन वा विवृद्धस् तम् एव उच्छेत्तु कामः पर दण्डम् आदातु कामो वा भूयो दद्यात् ॥
then he may comply with the demands of the former if he is desirous of maintaining his own power by destroying with the army of the former an impregnable fortress of an enemy or a friend of that enemy or laying waste the wild tracts of that enemy, or if he is desirous of exposing the army of the ally to wear and tear even in good roads and good seasons, or if he is desirous of strengthening his own army with that of his ally and thereby putting down the ally or winning over the army of the ally.
english translation
ज्यायान् वा हीनं यातव्य अपदेशेन हस्ते कर्तु कामः परम् उच्छिद्य वा तम् एव उच्छेत्तु कामः, त्यागं वा कृत्वा प्रत्यादातु कामो बल समाद् विशिष्टेन लाभेन पणेत ॥
When a king is desirous of keeping under his power another king of superior or inferior power as an assailable enemy and of destroying the latter after routing out another enemy with the help of the latter, or when he is desirous of getting back whatever he has paid (as subsidy), he may send a proposal of peace to another on the condition of paying more than the cost of the army supplied.
english translation
पणितस् तस्य अपकार समर्थो विक्रमेत, अन्यथा संदध्यात् ॥
If the king to whom this proposal is made is powerful enough to retaliate he may declare war; or if otherwise, he may accept the terms.
english translation