Arthashastra
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पत्ति बाहुल्यं प्रत्यापावः ॥
Falling into abundance.
english translation
patti bAhulyaM pratyApAvaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptएक 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 Sanscriptदूष्य बाहुल्यम् अत्यावापः ॥
An abundance of traitors is far from surplus.
english translation
dUSya bAhulyam atyAvApaH ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपर 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 Sanscriptरथ 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