The king should first strengthen the hopes (of the suitors). He should impediments in the way of the fulfilment of those hopes. He should say that those impediments are merely due to time. He should next represent that those occasions are really the outcome of weighty causes.
आशां कालवर्ती कुर्यात् तां च विघ्न योजयेत्। विघ्नं निमित्ततो ब्रूयानिमित्तं चापि हेतुतः॥