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यं तु मन्येत "कृत अर्थो मे दण्डं गृह्णीयाद्, अमित्र अटव्य् अभूम्य् अनृतुषु वा वासयेद्, अफलं वा कुर्याद्" इति, दण्ड व्यासङ्ग अपदेशेन न एनम् अनुगृह्णीयात् ॥

When a king thinks that, "Though successful, my ally may cause my army to move in an enemy's territory or in wild tracts, and during unfavourable seasons and thereby he may render it useless to me," then under the excuse of having to employ his army otherwise, he may help his ally in any other way.

english translation

Chapter 8

Verse 29