Sutra 15
प्रज्ञाशास्त्रचक्षुर्हि राजाल्पेनापि प्रयत्नेन मन्त्रमाधातुं शक्तः परानुत्साहप्रभाववतश्च सामादिभिर्योगोपनिषद्भ्यां चातिसंधातुम् ॥ कZ_०९.१.१५ ॥
prajñāśāstracakṣur hi rājā alpenāpi prayatnena mantram ādhātuṃ śaktaḥ parān utsāha-prabhāvavataś ca sāmādibhir yogopaniṣadbhyāṃ ca atisaṃdhātum
A king who has wisdom and the eye of political science can, even with small effort, formulate sound strategy; and he can outmaneuver opponents who possess initiative and effective power by means such as conciliation and the other expedients, and by secret methods.
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That trained political understanding multiplies effectiveness—reducing required effort and enabling indirect methods to defeat materially stronger adversaries.
As confidential/secret techniques of statecraft—covert operations, deception, psychological tactics, and hidden arrangements used alongside open diplomacy.