O chastiser of foes, when the (proper) time comes, taking into your consideration all the omens you might see and having been convinced that the resolutions you have formed and their unsuccesses depend on the twelve Mandalas and having paid your troops their pays do you begin your march? O great king, O chastiser of foes, do you have gems and jewels to the chief officers of the enemy as they (each of them) deserve without the knowledge of the enemy?
यात्रामारभसे दिष्ट्या प्राप्तकालमरिंदम। पार्णिमूलं च विज्ञाय व्यवसायं पराजयम्। बलस्य च महाराज दत्त्वा वेतनमग्रतः॥ कच्चिच्च बलमुख्येभ्यः परराष्ट्र परंतप। उपच्छन्नानि रत्नानि प्रयच्छसि यथार्हतः॥