Indian Antiquary Vol 39

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

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FEBRUARY, 1910.)
THE ABTHASASTRA OF CHANAKYA.
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(d) he should also keep his frontal enemy's friend engaged in war with his own friend; and with the help of his friend's friend, he should avert the attack, threatened by the friond of his enemy's friend,
() he should, with his friend's help, bold his rear-enemy at bay; and with the help of his friend's friend, he should prevent his rear-enemy attacking the deranda (his roar-ally);
() thus the conquerer should, through the aid of his friends, bring the Cirole of States under his own sway both in his rear and front;
(9) he should send messengers and spies to reside in each of the states composing the Circle and having again and again destroyed the strength of his enemies, he should keep his counsels concealed, being friendly with his friends;
(h) the works of him whose counsels are not kept concealed, will, though they may prosper for a time, perish as undoubtedly as a broken raft on the sea.
Chapter XIV.
Recruitment of lost power. (Hinabaktiparanam.) • When the conqueror is thus attacked by the combined army of his enemies, he may tell their leader, “I shall make peace with you; this is the gold, and I am the friend; your gain is doubled; it is not worthy of you to augment at your own expense the power of your enemies who keep a friendly appearance now; for gaining in power, they will put you down in the long
run."
Or he may tell the leader so as to break the combination : "just as an innocent person like myself is now attacked by the combined army of these kings, so the very same kings in combination will attack you in weal or woe ; for power intoxicates the mind; hence break their combination."
The combination being broken, he may set the leader against the weak among his enemies ; or offering inducements, he may set the combined power of the weak against the leader; or in whatever way he may find it to be conducive to his own prosperity, in that way he may make the leader incor the displeasure of others, and thus frustrate their attempts; or showing the prospect of a larger profit, he may, through intrigue, make peace with their leader. Then the recipients of salaries from two states, exhibiting the acquisition of large profits to the leader), may satirise the kings, saying "you are all very well combined !"
If some of the kings of the combination are wicked, they my be made to break the treaty; then the recipients of salaries from two states may again tell them so as to break the combination entirely, " This is just what we have already pointed out."
When the enemies are separated, the conqueror may move forward by catching hold of any of the kings ( as an ally).
In the absence of a leader, the conqueror may win him over who is the inciter of the combination; or who is of a resolute mind, or who has endeared himself to his people, or who, from greed or fear, joined the combination, or who is afraid of the conqueror, or whose friendship with the conqueror is based apon some consanguinity of royalty, or who is a friend, or who is a wandering enemy,-in the order of enumeration.
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