OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 277 



166. Yuddhasambharasampanno yadadhikabalo nrpah 

 manotsahi susakunotpati kalah tada subhah. 330 



167. Karye'tyavasyake prapte kalo no cet yada subhah 

 nidhaya hrdi visvesam gehe cihnam iyat tada. 



168. Na kalaniyamah tatra gostrivipravinasane. 



169. Yasmin dese yathakalam sainyavyayamabhumayah 

 parasya viparitasca smrto desah sa uttamah. 116 335 



170. Atmanasca paresam ea tulyavyayamabhumayah 

 yatra madhyama uddisto desah sastravicintakaih. 147 



166. When a king has acquired all war materials, is very strong, 



persevering in his mind, (and) has obtained auspicious 

 omens, then is the time. 



167. But if the business is unavoidable, and the time is not Unavoid. 



propitious, he should go, after having meditated in ^^ to ^ e 

 his mind on the Supreme Spirit and placed a (divine) accepted, 

 symbol in his house. 



168. There is no restriction as to time (for fighting) when cows, 



women, and Brahmans are being destroyed. 



169. That position in which there are at the necessary time Man- 



fields fit for the manoeuvring of troops, the position ° euvlin ^' 

 of the enemy being in this respect different, is men- 

 tioned as the best. 



170. If his own good manoeuvring fields and those of his enemies 



are equally good, the position is called a middling one 

 . by war experts. 



i« See Kamandaklya, XVI, 19. 

 14- See Kamand., XVI, 20. 



Atmanasca paresam ca tulya vyayamaLhumayah 

 sumadhyamah sa uddisto desah sastrarthatintakuib. 



