A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s3.96

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As Bhāradvāja advises the king to sacrifice the principles of morality to serve his own ends, so he counsels purchase of safety from foreign attack even at the cost of personal honour and self-respect. For the heartless exponent of a wicked Machiavellianism is also the pusillanimous advocate of a selfish materialism. Speaking with reference to the conduct of a weak king that is attacked by a powerful enemy, Kauṭilya quotes Bhāradvāja as saying that he who surrenders to the strong person surrenders to the god Indra.dagger