आदाय फलमित्येते देशोपनतसंधयः ॥ कZ_०७.३.३५च्द् ॥
ādāya phalam ity ete deśopanatasaṃdhayaḥ
«Habiendo tomado primero el beneficio»: tales son los tratados condicionados por el país/el terreno (es decir, posibilitados por circunstancias geográficas).
They are justified by geographic circumstances and are framed to secure tangible benefit (phala) as a priority.
Diplomacy is instrumentally valued: compacts are tools to obtain outcomes, not moral ends in themselves.