Indian Antiquary Vol 39

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(JANUARY, 1910.
Whoever runs away owing to his own fault and returns owing to his new master's wickedness is a renegade who had no reason to run away, but had reason to come back ; such a person is to be examined.
When a king thinks that “This renegade supplies me with full information about my enemy's weakness, and, therefore, he deserves to remain here ; bis own people with me are in friendship with my friends and at enmity with my enemies and are easily excited at the sight of greedy and cruel persons or of a band of enemies," he may treat such a renegade as deserved.
My teacher says that whoever has failed to achieve profit from his works, lost his strength, or made his learning a commercial article, or is very greedy, inquisitive to see different countries, dead to the feelings of friendship, or has strong enemies, deserves to be abandoned.
But Kautilya says that it is timidity, unprofessional business, and lack of forbearance (to do so). Whoever is injurions to the king's interests should be abandoned, while he who is injurious to the interests of the enemy should be reconciled ; and whoever is injurious to the interests of hnth the king and his enemy should be carefully examined.
When it is necessary to make peace with a king with whom no peace ought to be t'ade defensive measures should be taken against that point where he can shew his power.
(a) In restoring broken peace, & renegade or a person inclined towards the enemy should be kept at such a distance that till the close of his life, he may be useful to the state.
(6) Or, he may be set against the enemy or may be employed as a captain of an army to guard wild tracts against enemies, or thrown somewhere on the boundary.
(6) Or, he may be employed to carry on & secret trade in new or old commodities in foreign countries and may accordingly be accused of conspiracy with the enemy.
(d) Or, in the interests of future peace, a renegade who must be put to deach may at once be destroyed.
(e ana / That kind of wicked character which has from the beginning grown upon a map owing to his association with enemies is as ever fraught with danger as constant living in company with a snake, and is over threatening with destruction just us pigeon living on the seeds of Plaksha (holy fig-tree) is to the sálmali (silk cotton) tree.
1) When battle is fought in daylight and in some locality, it is termed an open battle ; threatening in one direction, Assault in another, destruction of an enemy captured while he was careless or in troubles, and bribing a portion of the army and destroying another portion, are forms of treacherous fight; and attempt to win over the chief officers of the enemy by intrigue, is the characteristic of silent battle.20
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