Arthashastra

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मित्र भावाद् ध्रुवं मित्रं शत्रु साधारणाच् चलम् । न कस्यचिद् उदासीनं द्वयोर् उभय भावि तत् ॥

sanskrit

whoever is of an amicable nature is a true friend; whoever sides also with the enemy is a mutable friend and whoever is indifferent to neither (the conqueror and his enemy) is a friend to both.

english translation

mitra bhAvAd dhruvaM mitraM zatru sAdhAraNAc calam । na kasyacid udAsInaM dvayor ubhaya bhAvi tat ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/sadgunya/9/44

मित्र भावाद् ध्रुवं मित्रं शत्रु साधारणाच् चलम् । न कस्यचिद् उदासीनं द्वयोर् उभय भावि तत् ॥

sanskrit

whoever is of an amicable nature is a true friend; whoever sides also with the enemy is a mutable friend and whoever is indifferent to neither (the conqueror and his enemy) is a friend to both.

english translation

mitra bhAvAd dhruvaM mitraM zatru sAdhAraNAc calam । na kasyacid udAsInaM dvayor ubhaya bhAvi tat ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript