Arthashastra

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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

bhUyo vA yAcitaH sva bala rakSA arthaM durdharSam anya durgam AsAram aTavIM vA para daNDena marditu kAmaH prakRSTe adhvani kAle vA para daNDaM kSaya vyayAbhyAM yoktu kAmaH para daNDena vA vivRddhas tam eva ucchettu kAmaH para daNDam AdAtu kAmo vA bhUyo dadyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript