Having consulted his ministers and intelligent persons conversant with policy, an enemy that is disregarded and neglected, never owning submission at heart, strikes the disregarder at the proper season, especially when the latter takes a false step. By engaging trustworthy agents of his own, such an enemy would also make the other's forces inefficient by creating disunion.
सम्प्रधार्य सहामात्यैर्मन्त्रविद्भिर्महात्मभिः। उपेक्ष्यमाणोऽवज्ञातो हृदयेनापराजितः॥ अथास्य प्रहरेत् काले किंचिद्विचलिते पदे। दण्डं च दूषयेदस्य पुरुषैराप्तकारिभिः॥