Sutra 38
शठो हि बाह्योऽभ्यन्तरमेवमुपजपति भर्तारं चेद्द् हत्वा मां प्रतिपादयिष्यति शत्रुवधो भूमिलाभश्च मे द्विविधो लाभो भविष्यति अथ वा शत्रुरेनमाहनिष्यतीति हतबन्धुपक्षस्तुल्यदोषदण्डेनोद्विग्नश्च मे भूयानकृत्यपक्षो भविष्यति तद्विधे वान्यस्मिन्नपि शङ्कितो भविष्यति अन्यमन्यं चास्य मुख्यमभित्यक्तशासनेन घातयिष्यामि इति ॥ कZ_०९.३.३८ ॥
śaṭho hi bāhyo 'bhyantaraṃ evam upajapati: bhartāraṃ ced hatvā māṃ pratipādayiṣyati, śatru-vadho bhūmi-lābhaś ca me dvividho lābho bhaviṣyati; atha vā śatrur enam āhaniṣyati iti, hata-bandhu-pakṣas tulya-doṣa-daṇḍenodvignaś ca me bhūyān akṛtya-pakṣo bhaviṣyati; tadvidhe vā anyasminn api śaṅkito bhaviṣyati; anyam-anyaṃ cāsya mukhyam abhityakta-śāsanena ghātayiṣyāmi iti.
Seorang orang luar yang licik mendekati orang dalam dengan kira-kira begini: “Jika dia membunuh tuannya lalu menobatkan aku, aku mendapat keuntungan dua kali—musuh terbunuh dan wilayah diperoleh. Atau jika musuh membunuhnya, dia akan kehilangan kelompok kerabatnya dan, kerana cemas akan hukuman bagi kesalahan yang sama, akan lebih bersedia melakukan perbuatan melanggar undang-undang di pihakku. Dalam hal serupa yang lain pun dia akan disyaki di tempat lain. Maka aku akan membuat para sekutu utamanya saling membunuh, dengan mengeksploitasi kelonggaran dalam disiplin dan kawalan.”
FAQs
A deceitful actor frames every outcome as profit and will readily engineer internal killings; therefore rulers must treat such proposals as high-risk subversion and anticipate induced factional violence.
He aims to trigger mutual elimination among key associates by exploiting lapses in discipline (abhityakta-śāsana), reducing organized resistance.