परस्य चैतद्बलसमुद्दानं विघातयेत् आत्मनः सम्पादयेत् ॥ कZ_०९.२.१२ ॥
parasya caitad bala-samuddānaṃ vighātayet; ātmanaḥ sampādayet |
One should obstruct the opponent’s mustering/aggregation of forces and accomplish one’s own.
Disruption without self-mobilization wastes the advantage created; self-mobilization without disruption allows the enemy to match or preempt—Kautilya treats them as a single coupled task.