संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
कच्चित् आत्मानम् एव अग्रे विजित्य विजित-इन्द्रियःkaccit ātmānam eva agre vijitya vijita-indriyaḥI hope that, having first conquered yourself, your senses subdued,
परान् जिगीषसे पार्थ प्रमत्तान् अजित-इन्द्रियान्parān jigīṣase pārtha pramattān ajita-indriyānyou seek to overcome your enemies -- the careless, who have not subdued their senses, o Partha;
कच्चित् ते यास्यतः शत्रून् पूर्वम् यान्ति सु-अनुष्ठिताःkaccit te yāsyataḥ śatrūn pūrvam yānti su-anuṣṭhitāḥI hope that before you, as you advance against your enemies, there go ahead, duly applied,
साम दानम् च भेदः च दण्डः च विधि-वत् गुणाःsāma dānam ca bhedaḥ ca daṇḍaḥ ca vidhi-vat guṇāḥconciliation, gift, dissension, and punishment -- these means, each in its proper merit;
कच्चित् मूलम् दृढम् कृत्वा यात्राम् यासि विशाम् पतेkaccit mūlam dṛḍham kṛtvā yātrām yāsi viśām pateI hope that, having secured your base, you set out on campaign, o lord of peoples,
तान् च विक्रमसे जेतुम् जित्वा च परिरक्षसिtān ca vikramase jetum jitvā ca parirakṣasiand seek to conquer your enemies by valor, and having conquered, protect them?
कच्चिद्kaccidoriginal form "kaccid", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
एवाग्रेevāgreoriginal form "evāgre", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विजितेन्द्रियःvijitendriyaḥoriginal form "vijitendriyaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पराञ्parāñoriginal form "parāñ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अजितेन्द्रियान्ajitendriyānoriginal form "ajitendriyān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पूर्वंpūrvaṃoriginal form "pūrvaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्वनुष्ठिताःsvanuṣṭhitāḥoriginal form "svanuṣṭhitāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दानंdānaṃoriginal form "dānaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भेदश्bhedaśoriginal form "bhedaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दण्डश्daṇḍaśoriginal form "daṇḍaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विधिवद्vidhivadoriginal form "vidhivad", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कच्चिन्kaccinoriginal form "kaccin", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मूलंmūlaṃoriginal form "mūlaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दृढंdṛḍhaṃoriginal form "dṛḍhaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यात्रांyātrāṃoriginal form "yātrāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विशांviśāṃoriginal form "viśāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तांश्tāṃśoriginal form "tāṃś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जेतुंjetuṃoriginal form "jetuṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here true victory begins with victory over oneself. It is telling that the one who has subdued his senses overcomes the careless: inward mastery of self is the root of all outward strength. And the four means -- conciliation, gift, dissension, punishment -- precede the sword: the wise wage war first with reason, and with weapons only as a last resort. Thus scripture shows self-mastery and calculation as the foundation of victory; what follows concerns the ordering of the army.