Vaishnava Dharmashastra 3.38
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 3.38
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.38
śatrumitrodāsīnamadhyameṣu sāmabhedadānadaṇḍān yathārhaṃ yathākālaṃ prayuñjīta ||
Towards his (neighbour and natural) enemy, his ally (or the power next beyond his enemy), a neutral power (situated beyond the latter), and a power situated between (his natural enemy and an aggressive power): let him adopt (alternately), as the occasion and the time require, (the four modes of obtaining success, viz.) negotiation, division, presents, and force of arms.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- A History of Sanskrit Literature — A. Berriedale Keith, English