तथैव भूम्येकान्तरा मित्रप्रकृतिः ॥ कZ_०६.२.१५ ॥
tathaiva bhūmyekāntarā mitraprakṛtiḥ
তদ্রূপ, এক ভূখণ্ডের ব্যবধানে অবস্থিত (প্রতিবেশীর প্রতিবেশীর) ভূখণ্ডই মিত্র-প্রকৃতি (মিত্র-প্রকৃতি)।
Both have a shared incentive to counterbalance the immediate neighbor (the ari), making cooperation instrumentally likely.
As a baseline for diplomatic mapping—identify likely partners for balancing and for creating strategic depth beyond the frontier.