[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [War in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944) › c8.53 # War in Ancient India c8.53 War in Ancient India c8.53 - **Language:** English ### [c8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.53) प्रचारं भृत्यभरणं व्ययं संग्रामतो भयम् । योगक्षेमं च संप्रेक्ष्य गोमिनः कारयेत्करम् ॥ तस्माद्भूमिषु यत्नेन प्रीतिं कुर्याद्विचक्षणः । दयावानप्रमत्तश्च करान्संप्रणयेन्मृदून् ॥ \*Ibid.\*, 87. 35-39. - [Previous: c8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.52) - [Next: c8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.54) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1944.c8.53) · Pramāṇa