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Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.18.40

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.18.40

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Sanskrit

7.18.40

apakuryāt samarthaṃ vā nopakuryād yad āpadi /
ucchindyād eva tanmitraṃ viśvasyāṅkam upasthitam //

Or the conqueror may harm him when he has grown powerful, or destroy him when he does nut help the conqueror in danger and when he lies on the conqueror's lap in good faith.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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