प्रतिहतविक्रमं त्वां भर्तर्य् पण्यं करिष्यति त्वया वा संधिं कृत्वा भर्तारमेव प्रसादयिष्यति ॥ कZ_०९.३.२७ ॥
pratihatavikramaṃ tvāṃ bhartary paṇyaṃ kariṣyati; tvayā vā saṃdhiṃ kṛtvā bhartāram eva prasādayiṣyati
あなたの行動力を挫いたうえで、彼はあなたを主君との取引材料(商品)にするだろう。あるいは、あなたと取り決めを結んだ後、あなたを捨てて主君だけの歓心を買いに行く。
A rival power treats defectors as bargaining chips, not partners; once leverage is extracted, the person is traded away or discarded.