Arthashastra

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आशा निर्वेदि परिसृप्तयोर् आशा निर्वेदि लब्ध अभिप्रायं युध्येत, न परिसृप्तम् अपसृत मुख्यम् ॥

sanskrit

Of disappointed and renegade armies, that which is disappointed may be taken to fight after satisfying it but not the army which has (once) run away.

english translation

AzA nirvedi parisRptayor AzA nirvedi labdha abhiprAyaM yudhyeta, na parisRptam apasRta mukhyam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/vyasanadhikarana/5/8

आशा निर्वेदि परिसृप्तयोर् आशा निर्वेदि लब्ध अभिप्रायं युध्येत, न परिसृप्तम् अपसृत मुख्यम् ॥

sanskrit

Of disappointed and renegade armies, that which is disappointed may be taken to fight after satisfying it but not the army which has (once) run away.

english translation

AzA nirvedi parisRptayor AzA nirvedi labdha abhiprAyaM yudhyeta, na parisRptam apasRta mukhyam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript