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सर्वोपायैस्तथा कुर्यान्नीतिज्ञः पृथिवीपतिः । यथाऽस्याभ्यधिका न स्युर्मित्रोदासीनशत्रवः ॥ १७७ ॥
sanskrit
By all (the four) expedients a politic prince must arrange (matters so) that neither friends, nor neutrals, nor foes are superior to himself.
english translation
sarvopAyaistathA kuryAnnItijJaH pRthivIpatiH | yathA'syAbhyadhikA na syurmitrodAsInazatravaH || 177 ||
hk transliteration
Manusmriti
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सर्वोपायैस्तथा कुर्यान्नीतिज्ञः पृथिवीपतिः । यथाऽस्याभ्यधिका न स्युर्मित्रोदासीनशत्रवः ॥ १७७ ॥
sanskrit
By all (the four) expedients a politic prince must arrange (matters so) that neither friends, nor neutrals, nor foes are superior to himself.
english translation
sarvopAyaistathA kuryAnnItijJaH pRthivIpatiH | yathA'syAbhyadhikA na syurmitrodAsInazatravaH || 177 ||
hk transliteration