Never attack many enemies simultaneously. By using the means of conciliation, or of gift, or of creation of disunion. O Purandara, they should be assailed one by one. The victor may treat peacefully the remnant. An intelligent king, even if competent for it, should not begin to crush all simultaneously.
न बहूनभियुञ्जीत यौगपद्येन शात्रवान्। साम्ना दानेन भेदेन दण्डेन च पुरंदर॥ एकैकमेषां निष्पिष्य शिष्टेषु निपुणं चरेत्। न तु शक्तोऽपि मेधावी सर्वानेवारभेन्नृपः॥