The king should make a river having quivers for its stones, horses and cars for its current, and standards for the trees which cover its banks, and which is miry with foot-soldiers and elephants. Such a river should the king apply for the destruction of his enemy.
तूणाश्मानं वानिरथप्रवाहां ध्वजद्रुमैः संवृतकूलरोधसम्। पदातिनागैर्बहुकर्दमां नदी सपत्ननाशे नृपतिः प्रयोजयेत्॥