If the attacking enemy be of pure heart and if he be a master of both virtue and profit, a king of the sort you have pointed out, should forthwith, make peace with the invader and secure the restoration of those parts of the kingdom which have already been conquered.
भीष्म उवाच बाह्यश्चेद् विजिगीषुः स्याद् धर्मार्थकुशलः शुचिः। जवेन संधिं कुर्वीत पुर्वभुक्तान् विमोचयेत्॥