When the times come, you can throw him down and break him into pieces as a earthen vessel is broken being thrown on stones. An enemy should never be allowed to escape, even if he piteously addresses you. You ought not to show him any inercy; he must be slain at once. Enemies should be destroyed by the arts of conciliation or the expenditure of money or by producing disunion amongst his allies or by the employment of every means in your power.
ततः प्रत्यागते काले भिन्द्याद् घटमिवाश्मनि। अमित्रो न विमोक्तव्यः कृपणं बपि ब्रुवन्॥ कृपा न तस्मिन् कर्तव्या हन्यादेवापकारिणम्। हन्यादमित्रं सान्त्वेन तथा दानेन वा पुनः॥ तथैव भेददण्डाभ्यां सर्वोपायैः प्रशातयेत्।