Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.9.44
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 7.9.44
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- Sanskrit
7.9.44
mitrabhāvād dhruvaṃ mitraṃ śatrusādhāraṇāc calam /
na kasyacid udāsīnaṃ dvayor ubhayabhāvi tat //
whoever is of an amicable nature is a true friend; whoever sides also with the enemy is a mutable friend and whoever is indifferent to neither (the conqueror and his enemy) is a friend to both;
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan 1500, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit