Sutra 20
तेन वा प्रेषितमर्थमानाभ्यां सत्कृत्य ब्रूयात् इदं राज्ञः पण्यागारमिदं देवीकुमाराणाम् देवीकुमारवचनात् इदं राज्यमहं च त्वदर्पणः इति ॥ कZ_०७.१५.२० ॥
tena vā preṣitam arthamānābhyāṃ satkṛtya brūyāt idaṃ rājñaḥ paṇyāgāram idaṃ devīkumārāṇām devīkumāravacanāt idaṃ rājyam ahaṃ ca tvadarpaṇaḥ iti
Or, receiving the person sent by him with gifts and honors, one should say: ‘This is the king’s treasury; this belongs to the queen’s sons; by the command of the queen’s sons, this kingdom—and I myself—are placed at your disposal.’
FAQs
A calibrated inducement-and-alignment offer: it signals access to resources (treasury), invokes dynastic legitimacy (queen’s sons), and frames compliance as orderly transfer rather than coercion.
To leverage internal legitimacy and succession politics—implying that influential heirs/royal household endorse the arrangement, reducing perceived risk for the counterpart.