अपूर्वस्य संधेः सानुबन्धैः सामादिभिः पर्येषणं समहीनज्यायसां च यथाबलमवस्थापनमकृतचिकीर्षा ॥ कZ_०७.६.१९ ॥
apūrvasya saṃdheḥ sānubandhaiḥ sāmādibhiḥ paryeṣaṇaṃ samahīnajyāyasāṃ ca yathābalam avasthāpanam akṛtacikīrṣā
‘अकृतचिकीर्षा’ (अजून न केलेली नीति): साम इत्यादी (साम, दान, भेद, दंड) उपाय त्यांच्या उपांगांसह वापरून नव्या संधीचा शोध घेणे; आणि सम, हीन व ज्यायस (श्रेष्ठ) शक्तींना आपल्या बळानुसार स्थितीत स्थिर करणे।
It denotes the planning stage: the king should systematically explore and shape a new treaty using calibrated instruments before committing to execution.
Because the method and ambition of alliance-making must be scaled to relative power; the same tools apply, but the expected settlement differs by capability.