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कच्चित् व्यसनिनम् शत्रुम् निशम्य भरत-ऋषभkaccit vyasaninam śatrum niśamya bharata-ṛṣabhaI hope, hearing of an enemy fallen into distress, o bull of the Bharatas,
अभियासि जवेन एव समीक्ष्य त्रि-विधम् बलम्abhiyāsi javena eva samīkṣya tri-vidham balamyou march out at once, having surveyed the threefold army,
पार्ष्णि-मूलम् च विज्ञाय व्यवसायम् पराजयम्pārṣṇi-mūlam ca vijñāya vyavasāyam parājayamhaving learned also the enemy's rear support, his resolve, and possible defeat,
बलस्य च महा-राज दत्त्वा वेतनम् अग्रतःbalasya ca mahā-rāja dattvā vetanam agrataḥand, o great king, having given the army its pay in advance;
कच्चित् च बल-मुख्येभ्यः पर-राष्ट्रे परंतपkaccit ca bala-mukhyebhyaḥ para-rāṣṭre paraṃtapaI hope that to the chief men in the enemy's kingdom, o destroyer of foes,
उपच्छन्नानि रत्नानि प्रयच्छसि यथा-अर्हतःupacchannāni ratnāni prayacchasi yathā-arhataḥyou secretly distribute treasures, as is fitting?
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यसनिनंvyasaninaṃoriginal form "vyasaninaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शत्रुंśatruṃoriginal form "śatruṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भरतर्षभbharatarṣabhaoriginal form "bharatarṣabha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जवेनैवjavenaivaoriginal form "javenaiva", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्रिविधंtrividhaṃoriginal form "trividhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पार्ष्णिमूलंpārṣṇimūlaṃoriginal form "pārṣṇimūlaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यवसायंvyavasāyaṃoriginal form "vyavasāyaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाराजmahārājaoriginal form "mahārāja", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिच्kaccicoriginal form "kaccic", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बलमुख्येभ्यःbalamukhyebhyaḥoriginal form "balamukhyebhyaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
परराष्ट्रेpararāṣṭreoriginal form "pararāṣṭre", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथार्हतःyathārhataḥoriginal form "yathārhataḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here even war is waged by calculation, not impulse. It is telling that before marching out, the king "surveys" the forces and pays the army in advance: victory is prepared by sobriety and fairness toward one's own. Thus scripture shows prudence in war; what follows concerns victory over oneself before victory over the enemy.