उपायविजयं श्रेष्ठमाहुर्भेदेन मध्यमम् । जघन्य एष विजयो यो युद्धेन विशां पते । महादोषः संनिपातस्ततो व्यङ्गः स उच्यते॥६-४-३२॥
They call victory won through strategic means the best, and victory gained by dividing the foe the middling. But victory obtained by direct battle is the least, O lord of the people; for massed confrontation bears great fault, and therefore it is termed defective.
english translation
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