दुरारब्ध कर्माणं भूयः क्षय व्ययाभ्यां योक्तु कामः स्व् आरब्धां वा यात्रा सिद्धिं विघातयितु कामो मूले यात्रायां वा प्रहर्तु कामो यातव्य संहितः पुनर् याचितु कामः प्रत्युत्पन्न अर्थ कृच्छ्रस् तस्मिन्न् अविश्वस्तो वा तदात्वे लाभम् अल्पम् इच्छेत्, आयत्यां प्रभूतम् ॥
When a king is inclined to cause to another, loss of men and money in the ill-considered undertakings of the latter or to frustrate the latter in the attempt of achieving large profits from well-begun undertakings; or when he means to strike another at his (another's) own place or while marching; or when he intends to exact subsidy again in combination with the latter's assailable enemy; or when he is in need of money and does not like to trust to his ally, he may, for the time being, be satisfied with a small amount of profit.