Arthashastra

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पत्ति बाहुल्यं प्रत्यापावः ॥

Falling into abundance.

english translation

patti bAhulyaM pratyApAvaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एक अङ्ग बाहुल्यम् अन्वावापः ॥

An excess of any one component ॥ of the army॥ is deemed a surplus.

english translation

eka aGga bAhulyam anvAvApaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

दूष्य बाहुल्यम् अत्यावापः ॥

An abundance of traitors is far from surplus.

english translation

dUSya bAhulyam atyAvApaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

पर आवापात् प्रत्यावापाच् च चतुर् गुणाद् आ अष्ट गुणाद् इति वा विभवतः सैन्यानाम् आवापः ॥

one should increase one's army from four to eight times the excess of the enemy's army or the deficiency in the enemy's infantry.

english translation

para AvApAt pratyAvApAc ca catur guNAd A aSTa guNAd iti vA vibhavataH sainyAnAm AvApaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

रथ व्यूहेन हस्ति व्यूहो व्याख्यातः ॥

The array of elephants is explained by the array of chariots.

english translation

ratha vyUhena hasti vyUho vyAkhyAtaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript