Knowing him to be powerful if one (his enemy) does not subjugate him, he should at least conciliate him, by friendliness and the like.
तं विदित्वा पराक्रान्तं वशे न कुरुते यदि। निर्वादैनिर्वदेदेनमन्ततस्तद् भविष्यति॥