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.