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
O bien, recibiendo con regalos y honores a la persona enviada por él, se debe decir: «Este es el tesoro del rey; esto pertenece a los hijos de la reina; por mandato de los hijos de la reina, este reino —y yo mismo— quedan a tu disposición».
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.