कच्चिद् व्यसनिनं शत्रुं निशम्य भरतर्षभ ॥
अभियासि जवेनैव समीक्ष्य त्रिविधं बलम् ॥
पार्ष्णिमूलं च विज्ञाय व्यवसायं पराजयम् ॥
बलस्य च महाराज दत्त्वा वेतनम् अग्रतः ॥
कच्चिच् च बलमुख्येभ्यः परराष्ट्रे परंतप ॥
उपच्छन्नानि रत्नानि प्रयच्छसि यथार्हतः ॥
kaccid vyasaninaṃ śatruṃ niśamya bharatarṣabha ||
abhiyāsi javenaiva samīkṣya trividhaṃ balam ||
pārṣṇimūlaṃ ca vijñāya vyavasāyaṃ parājayam ||
balasya ca mahārāja dattvā vetanam agrataḥ ||
kaccic ca balamukhyebhyaḥ pararāṣṭre paraṃtapa ||
upacchannāni ratnāni prayacchasi yathārhataḥ ||
I hope that, hearing of an enemy fallen into distress, you march out at once, o bull of the Bharatas, having surveyed your own threefold army, having learned the enemy's rear support, his resolve, and his possible defeat, and having given the army its pay in advance, o great king? I hope that you, as is fitting, secretly distribute treasures to the chief men in the enemy's kingdom, o destroyer of foes?
50267679bd5b · प्रकाशित 16 जुल॰ 2026, 2:43:40 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
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.