A king should enter into peace, if he be an equal or inferior of his adversary, and engage in war, if be more powerful, but an enemy should never be disergarded.
हीयमानेन कर्तव्यो राज्ञा संधिः समेन च। न शत्रुमवमन्येत ज्यायान्कुर्वीत विग्रहम्॥