He should make alliances, but not with the wicked. He should not act inimically towards his friends. He should never employ persons who are not devoted to him as his spies and secret emissaries. He should never accomplish his works by oppression.
संदधीत न चानायैर्विगृह्णीयान्न बन्धुभिः। नाभक्तं चारयेच्चारं कुर्यात् कार्यमपीडया॥