स्वविक्षिप्तमित्रविक्षिप्तयोः स्वविक्षिप्तं स्वभूमौ विक्षिप्तं सैन्यमापदि शक्यमावाहयितुं न मित्रविक्षिप्तं विप्रकृष्टदेशकालत्वात् ॥ कZ_०८.५.१५ ॥
svavikṣiptamitravikṣiptayoḥ svavikṣiptaṃ svabhūmau vikṣiptaṃ sainyam āpadi śakyam āvāhayituṃ na mitravikṣiptaṃ viprakṛṣṭadeśakālatvāt
Between one’s own dispersed troops and an ally’s dispersed troops, one should rely on one’s own dispersed forces—dispersed within one’s territory—since in crisis they can be called in; not on an ally’s dispersed forces, because distance of place and time makes them unreliable.
Treat allied support as time-delayed and contingent; build primary capacity that can be rapidly mobilized under direct authority.