Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.18.32
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.18.32
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.18.32
prasādhya śatruṃ yan mitraṃ vṛddhaṃ gacched avaśyatām /
sāmantaikāntarābhyāṃ tatprakṛtibhyāṃ virodhayet //
When, after having put down the enemy, and after having grown in power, a friend becomes unsubmissive, the conqueror should cause the friend to incur the displeasure of a neighbour and of the king who is next to the neighbour.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit