Arthashastra
छिन्न धान्य पुरुष वीवधयोः छिन्न धान्यम् अन्यतो धान्यम् आनीय जङ्गम स्थावर आहारं वा युध्येत, न छिन्न पुरुष वीवधम् अनभिसारम् ॥
Of troops whose supply of grain is cut off or whose supply of men and stores is cut off, that which has lost its supply of grain may be taken to fight after providing it with grain brought from another quarter or after supplying to it moveable and immoveable food-stuffs (animal and vegetable food-stuffs) but not the army to which men and provisions cannot be supplied.
english translation
chinna dhAnya puruSa vIvadhayoH chinna dhAnyam anyato dhAnyam AnIya jaGgama sthAvara AhAraM vA yudhyeta, na chinna puruSa vIvadham anabhisAram ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript