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Arthashastra 6.2.4: Mandala-yoni, Adhyaya 2, Sutra 4

शमव्यायामयोर्योनिः षाड्गुण्यम् ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 6.2.4

śamavyāyāmayoryoniḥ ṣāḍguṇyam

देश के बाहर के मामलों में चार काम होते हैं, समझौता करना, दोस्ती करना, लड़ाई करना, और कभी-कभी पीछे हटना। यह सब उपाय वहीं से आते हैं जहाँ तुम रोकना जानते हो और करना भी जानते हो।

शमcalmness; self-control; restraint
शम:
TypeNoun
Rootशम्
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (प्रातिपदिक: शम)
व्यायामयोःof (the two:) physical exercise/training
व्यायामयोः:
TypeNoun
Rootव्यायाम
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी द्विवचन (शम + व्यायाम इत्योः)
योनिḥsource; origin; basis
योनिḥ:
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन
षाड्गुण्यम्the sixfold policy (six measures of statecraft)
षाड्गुण्यम्:
TypeNoun
Rootषाड्गुण्य
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; भाववाचक-प्रातिपदिक
Ṣ
ṣāḍguṇya
Ś
śama
V
vyāyāma

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Because the same strategic toolkit includes options that restrain (e.g., treaty, neutrality) and options that exert (e.g., march, war), chosen by context.

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