Kautilya's Arthashastra 6.2.40
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 6.2.40
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- Sanskrit
6.2.40
madhye hy upahitaḥ śatrur netur mitrasya cobhayoḥ /
ucchedyaḥ pīḍanīyo vā balavān api jāyate //E
A reducible or a conquerable enemy will, when placed between a conqueror and the conqueror's friend, appear to be growing in strength.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit