प्रहरेद्दण्डरन्ध्रेषु शत्रूणां नित्यमुत्थितः ॥ कZ_०८.५.२०च्द् ॥
prahared daṇḍa-randhreṣu śatrūṇāṃ nityam utthitaḥ
सदा सक्रिय रहकर वह शत्रुओं के दण्ड-रन्ध्रों (दमन-शक्ति की कमजोरियों) पर प्रहार करे।
Failures in command, logistics, morale, finance, internal security, alliances, or legitimacy—any exploitable weakness that reduces the enemy’s capacity to coerce or mobilize.
Verse 2 is defensive force-preservation; Verse 3 adds offensive disruption—deny the enemy the chance to capitalize on your crisis by creating their own constraints.