Occasionally the king should even prostrate himself before a powerful enemy. It is again desirable that acting with every care, he should try to bring about the victor's destruction when the latter becomes careless.
प्रणिपातं च गच्छेत काले शत्रोर्बलीयसः। युक्तोऽस्य वधमन्विच्छेदप्रमत्तः प्रमाद्यतः॥