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225. Vicchiimavividhfisaram praksinayavasaindhanam, 450 

 vigrhyamanaprakrtim kalenaiva vasam nayet. 166 



226. Aresca vijigisosca vigrahe hiyamanayoh 

 sandhaya yadavasthanam sandhayasanam ucyate. 107 



227. Uccliidyamano balina nimpayapratikriyah, 

 kulodbliavam satyam aryam asrayeta balotkatam. 455 



228. Vijiglsostu sahyarthah suhHsambandhibandhavah 

 pradattabhrtika byanye bhupa amsaprakalpitah. 



229. Saivasrayastu kathito durgani ca mahatmabhih. 



230. Aniscitopayakaryab samayamicaro nrpah 

 dvaidblbbavena varteta kakaksivat alaksitam, 168 460 

 pradarsayet anyakaryam anyam alambayet ca va. 



225. be should subdue in time the enemy, whose various pro- 



visions are scattered, whose corn and fuel is destroyed 

 and whose subjects are incensed. 



226. If the enemy and the king who wishes to conquer are 



reduced in the war, the place where they stand, when 

 they make peace, is called the place produced by peace. 



227. If a king who has no means of redress is much oppressed Refuge. 



by a strong kiDg he should take refuge with a king, 

 who is well-born, righteous, venerable and of superior 

 strength. 



228. A king (who wishes to conquer) has friends, connections 



and relations who assist for the sake of friendship, 

 others who have received pay, and kings on whom is 

 settled a part (of the enemy's country). 



229. By great-minded men this is surely called refuge and a 



fortress is also called a refuge. 



230. A king, whose arrangements are not certain, looking out Duplicity. 



for the opportune time, should practise duplicity 

 like the concealed eye of a crow, he should pretend one 

 thing and seize another. 



i 6p See Kamand., XI, 16. 167 See Kamand., XI, 17. 



1Cb See Kamand., XJ, 24b. 



