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येषां वा दूष्याणां जात मूलाः कलहास् तेषां क्षेत्र खल वेश्मान्य् आदीपयित्वा बन्धु संबन्धिषु वाहनेषु वा तीक्ष्णाः शस्त्रं पातयित्वा तथैव ब्रूयुः "अमुना प्रयुक्ताः स्मः" इति ॥

When there arises a quarrel among seditious persons, fiery spies may set fire to their fields, harvest-grounds, and houses, hurl weapons on their relatives, friends and beasts of burden, and say that they did so at the instigation of the seditious.

english translation