Sutra 9
दण्डोपनायिवृत्तं संधिकर्म समाधिमोक्षः मध्यमचरितमुदासीनचरितं मण्डलचरितं इति षाड्गुण्यं सप्तममधिकरणम् ॥ कZ_०१.१.०९ए ॥
daṇḍopanāyivṛttaṃ saṃdhikarma samādhimokṣaḥ madhyamacaritam udāsīnacaritaṃ maṇḍalacaritaṃ iti ṣāḍguṇyaṃ saptamam adhikaraṇam
A conduta relativa à força coercitiva e à conciliação, as operações de celebração de tratados, o estabelecimento e a liberação de um penhor/arranjo de reféns, a conduta do rei intermediário, a conduta do rei neutro e a conduta no círculo de Estados—tudo isso constitui o ṣāḍguṇya; esta é a sétima seção de matéria.
FAQs
To define the treatise’s core interstate toolkit by listing the main operational areas of the sixfold foreign-policy measures, enabling the ruler to choose between coercion, agreement-making, guarantees, and role-based strategies (middle/neutral) within the wider geopolitical circle to secure the state’s security and prosperity.
It maps well to modern grand strategy: states combine hard power (coercion), soft inducements, treaties, security guarantees, and differentiated roles for mediators and non-aligned actors, all while assessing policy choices within a regional/international system rather than in isolation.
The ruler’s duty is to understand and operationalize the sixfold foreign-policy options—deciding when to compel, when to conciliate, how to structure treaties and guarantees, and how to act as (or respond to) middle and neutral powers within the broader circle of states.