Shloka 103
Nīti-upadeśa to a Rājaputra: Self-restraint, Alliances, and Rival-Management (नीतिउपदेशः)
आन्तरैभेंदयित्वारीन् बिल्व॑ बिल्वेन भेदय | राजा जनक बड़े धीर और श्रीसम्पन्न हैं। जब वे तुम्हारा सत्कार करेंगे
āntaraiḥ bhedayitvā arīn bilvaṁ bilvena bhedaya | rājā janakaḥ baḍe dhīraḥ śrī-sampannaś ca | yadā te satkāraṁ kariṣyati tadā sarva-lokānāṁ viśvāsa-pātraḥ bhūtvā tvam atyantaṁ gauravānvitō bhaviṣyasi | tām avasthāṁ prāpya mitrāṇāṁ senām ekatrīkṛtya śubhaiḥ mantribhiḥ saha mantraṇāṁ kṛtvā antar-aṅga-janair śatru-dale bhedaṁ kārayitvā bilvaṁ bilvenaiva bhedaya (śatroḥ sahāyenaiva śatroḥ vidhvaṁsaṁ kuryāḥ) |
ビーシュマは治国の策を説いた。まず、信頼できる内通者を用いて敵の内に不和を起こし、ついで敵の支えそのものをもって敵を砕け——ビルヴァの実（bilva）を別のビルヴァで割るがごとく。さらに言う。ジャナカ王は沈着にして富み栄える。王がそなたを厚く遇すれば、そなたは万人の信を得て、名誉いよいよ高まろう。その確かな地歩から、同盟の兵を集め、才ある大臣と議し、密使をもって敵陣に離間を播き、敵を内なる亀裂によって自滅させよ。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler (or political actor) should act through rājadharma: secure legitimacy and trust, consult competent ministers, build alliances, and use intelligence to create divisions within hostile forces—defeating the enemy with minimal direct confrontation, symbolized by splitting a bilva with another bilva.
Bhishma is instructing on practical governance and war-policy: he points to King Janaka’s honorable support as a source of public trust, then outlines a plan—gather allied troops, deliberate with ministers, and employ confidential agents to foment dissension in the enemy camp so the enemy collapses from within.