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दूष्य अमित्राभ्यां मूल हरेण वा ज्यायसा विगृहीतं त्रातु कामस् तथा विधम् उपकारं कारयितु कामः सम्बन्ध अवेक्षी वा तदात्वे च आयत्यां च लाभं न प्रतिगृह्णीयात् ॥

When a king means to help another from the clutches of traitors or enemies or of a superior king threatening the very existence of the latter, and intends thereby to set an example of rendering similar help to himself in future, he should receive no profit either at the present or in the future.

english translation

Chapter 8

Verse 8