Public Administration in Ancient India c19.59

c19.59

¹ The ancient teachers were divided in their opinion in regard to the justice and expediency of the policy of surrender. Bharadvāja says, he who surrenders himself to the strong, bows down before Indra. But in Visālāksha’s opinion a weak should fight with all his resources, because bravery overcomes all difficulties, and because this (fighting) is the natural duty of a Kshatriya, no matter whether he gains a victory or sustains a defeat in battle. Vide Arthaśāstra, Bk. XII. ch. 1.