Deliberation of all sorts, counsels for creating disunion, the mistakes of deliberation, the results of the success or failure of counsels of three kinds viz., bad, middling, and good, made through fear, good conduct and gifts of wealth, were described there.
मन्त्रश्च वर्णितः कृत्स्नस्तथा भेदार्थ एव च। विभ्रमश्चैव मन्त्रस्य सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योश्च यत् फलम्॥ संधिश्च त्रिविधाभिख्यो हीनो मध्यस्तथोत्तमः। भयसत्कारवित्ताख्यं कात्स्येन परिवर्णितम्॥