आदाय फलमित्येते देशोपनतसंधयः ॥ कZ_०७.३.३५च्द् ॥
ādāya phalam ity ete deśopanatasaṃdhayaḥ
«بعد أخذ المنفعة أولاً»—فهذه هي المعاهدات المشروطة بالبلاد/التضاريس (أي التي تتيحها الظروف الجغرافية).
They are justified by geographic circumstances and are framed to secure tangible benefit (phala) as a priority.
Diplomacy is instrumentally valued: compacts are tools to obtain outcomes, not moral ends in themselves.