Adhyaya 1

Sutra 11

संघा हि संहतत्वादधृष्याः परेषाम् ॥ कZ_११.१.०२ ॥

Corporate polities (saṅghas) are hard for outsiders to overpower because they act in cohesion.

Sutra 12

ताननुगुणान्भुञ्जीत सामदानाभ्याम् विगुणान्भेददण्डाभ्याम् ॥ कZ_११.१.०३ ॥

Those aligned with one’s interest should be managed through conciliation and inducements; those not aligned should be handled through division and coercive force.

Sutra 13

काम्बोजसुराष्ट्रक्षत्रियश्रेण्यादयो वार्त्तशस्त्रोपजीविनः ॥ कZ_११.१.०४ ॥

The Kāmbojas, Saurāṣṭras, and kṣatriya guild-communities and the like subsist by commerce/agriculture and by arms.

Sutra 14

लिच्छिविकवृजिकमल्लकमद्रककुकुरकुरुपाञ्चालादयो राजशब्दोपजीविनः ॥ कZ_११.१.०५ ॥

The Licchavis, Kavṛjikas, Mallakas, Madrakas, Kukuras, Kurus, Pāñcālas and the like subsist on the title and standing of ‘king’—i.e., on shared elite sovereignty.

Sutra 15

सर्वेषामासन्नाः सत्त्रिणः संघानां परस्परन्यङ्गद्वेषवैरकलहस्थानान्युपलभ्य क्रमाभिनीतं भेदमुपचारयेयुः असौ त्वा विजल्पति इति ॥ कZ_११.१.०६ ॥

Agents placed close to all parties should identify the loci of mutual slights, hatreds, enmities, and quarrels within a saṅgha, and then gradually administer division—by insinuations such as, “He is speaking against you.”

Sutra 16

एवमुभयतोबद्धरोषाणां विद्याशिल्पद्यूतवैहारिकेष्वाचार्यव्यञ्जना बालकलहानुत्पादयेयुः ॥ कZ_११.१.०७ ॥

Thus, where anger is fastened on both sides, operatives disguised as teachers should provoke youths’ quarrels in settings of learning, crafts, gambling, and recreation.

Sutra 17

वेशशौण्डिकेषु वा प्रतिलोमप्रशंसाभिः संघमुख्यमनुष्याणां तीक्ष्णाः कलहानुत्पादयेयुः कृत्यपक्षोपग्रहेण वा ॥ कZ_११.१.०८ ॥

Or, in brothel and tavern circles, they should incite sharp quarrels among leading saṅgha men through ‘contrary praise’ (backhanded/partisan commendation), or by backing a clique of operatives.

Sutra 18

कुमारकान्विशिष्टच्छिन्दिकया हीनच्छिन्दिकानुत्साहयेयुः ॥ कZ_११.१.०९ ॥

Using a ‘superior’ group of youths, they should embolden the ‘inferior’ group of youths (to challenge the hierarchy).

Sutra 19

विशिष्टानां चैकपात्रं विवाहं वा हीनेभ्यो वारयेयुः ॥ कZ_११.१.१० ॥

And they should prevent the ‘superiors’ from sharing the same table (commensality) or contracting marriages with the ‘inferiors’.

Sutra 20

हीनान्वा विशिष्टैरेकपात्रे विवाहे वा योजयेयुः ॥ कZ_११.१.११ ॥

Or they should pair the ‘inferiors’ with the ‘superiors’ in common-table association or marriage (selectively), to reconfigure factions.

Sutra 42

आढ्यविधवा गूढाजीवा योगस्त्रियो वा दायनिक्षेपार्थं विवदमानाः संघमुख्यानुन्मादयेयुः अदितिकौशिकस्त्रियो नर्तकीगायना वा ॥ कZ_११.१.४२ ॥

Wealthy widows—undercover agents—or ascetic women may, by staging disputes over inheritance or deposits, drive the leaders of a confederation into agitation; likewise women of the Aditi–Kauśika type, or courtesans, dancers, and singers (used as operatives).

Sutra 43

प्रतिपन्नान् गूढवेश्मसु रात्रिसमागमप्रविष्टांस्तीक्ष्णा हन्युर्बद्ध्वा हरेयुर्वा ॥ कZ_११.१.४३ ॥

When the targets have been drawn in and enter secret houses for a night rendezvous, the sharp agents should kill them, or bind and carry them off.

Sutra 44

सत्त्री वा स्त्रीलोलुपं संघमुख्यं प्ररूपयेत् अमुष्मिन् ग्रामे दरिद्रकुल्लमपसृतम् तस्य स्त्री राजार्हा गृहाणैनामिति ॥ कZ_११.१.४४ ॥

A female agent may identify a confederation chief who is lustful for women and present (a bait narrative): 'In that village a poor man of low lineage has been driven out; his wife is fit for a king—take her.'

Sutra 45

गृहीतायामर्धमासानन्तरं सिद्धव्यञ्जनो दूष्यसंघमुख्यमध्ये प्रक्रोशेत् असौ मे मुख्यो भार्यां स्नुषां भगिनीं दुहितरं वाधिचरति इति ॥ कZ_११.१.४५ ॥

After she has been taken, about half a month later a planted informer should cry out in the midst of the confederation’s leaders: 'That chief of mine violates (seduces) my wife—or my daughter-in-law, sister, or daughter.'

Sutra 46

तं चेत्संघो निगृह्णीयात् राजैनमुपगृह्य विगुणेषु विक्रमयेत् ॥ कZ_११.१.४६ ॥

If the confederation restrains (disciplines) him, the king should take him into custody/protection and deploy him against them through their vulnerabilities.

Sutra 47

अनिगृहीते सिद्धव्यञ्जनं रात्रौ तीक्ष्णाः प्रवासयेयुः ॥ कZ_११.१.४७ ॥

If he is not restrained, the sharp agents should, by night, remove/relocate the planted informer to safety.

Sutra 48

ततस्तद्व्यञ्जनाः प्रक्रोशेयुः असौ ब्रह्महा ब्राह्मणीजारश्च इति ॥ कZ_११.१.४८ ॥

Then those informers should proclaim: “He is a slayer of a Brahmin, and also the adulterous lover of a Brahmin woman.”

Sutra 49

कार्तान्तिकव्यञ्जनो वा कन्यामन्येन वृतामन्यस्य प्ररूपयेत् अमुष्य कन्या राजपत्नी राजप्रसविनी च भविष्यति सर्वस्वेन प्रसह्य वैनां लभस्व इति ॥ कZ_११.१.४९ ॥

Or an agent posing as an astrologer/soothsayer may present a maiden—betrothed to one man—to another, saying: “That man’s daughter will become a king’s wife and bear a king; seize her by any means and obtain her.”

Sutra 50

अलभ्यमानायां परपक्षमुद्धर्षयेत् ॥ कZ_११.१.५० ॥

If she cannot be obtained, he should incite/rouse the opposing side (faction).

Sutra 51

लब्धायां सिद्धः कलहः ॥ कZ_११.१.५१ ॥

When she is obtained, the quarrel is accomplished (the operation succeeds).