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प्रतिपन्नं राजा रहसि पूजयेत् "प्राप्त यौवराज्य कालं त्वां महा मात्र भयान् न अभिषिञ्चामि" इति ॥

The king may secretly honour this deluded person and tell him that "apprehending danger from the minister, I have put off thy installation, though thou hast attained the age of heir apparent."

english translation

तं सत्त्री महा मात्र वधे योजयेत् ॥

Then the spy may instigate him to murder the minister.

english translation

विक्रान्तं तत्र एव घातयेत् "पितृ घातको अयम्" इति ॥

being accomplished, he, too, may be put to death in the same spot under the plea that he is a parricide.

english translation

भिक्षुकी वा दूष्य भार्यां सांवदनिकीभिर् औषधीभिः संवास्य रसेन अतिसंदध्यात् ॥

A mendicant woman, having captivated the wife of a seditious minister by administering such medicines as excite the feelings of love, may through that wife contrive to poison the minister.

english translation

इत्य् आप्य प्रयोगः ॥

Failing these measures,

english translation