Arthashastra

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यातव्यो अभियास्यमानः संधि कारणम् आदातु कामो विहन्तु कामो वा सामवायिकानाम् अन्यतमं लाभ द्वैगुण्येन पणेत ॥

WHEN an assailable enemy who is in danger of being attacked is desirous of taking upon himself the condition which led one king to combine with another against himself, or of splitting them from each other, he may propose peace to one of the kings on the condition of himself paying twice the amount of profit accruing from the combination.

english translation

yAtavyo abhiyAsyamAnaH saMdhi kAraNam AdAtu kAmo vihantu kAmo vA sAmavAyikAnAm anyatamaM lAbha dvaiguNyena paNeta ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript