Sutra 2

Devanagari script

भेदं वा ब्रूयात् अनपकारो यथाहमेतैः सम्भूयाभियुक्तस्तथा त्वामप्येते संहितबलाः स्वस्था व्यसने वाभियोक्ष्यन्ते बलं हि चित्तं विकरोति तदेषां विघातय इति ॥ कZ_०७.१४.०२ ॥

Transliteration

bhedaṃ vā brūyāt anapakāro yathāhametaiḥ sambhūyābhiyuktastathā tvāmapyete saṃhitabalāḥ svasthā vyasane vābhiyokṣyante balaṃ hi cittaṃ vikaroti tadeṣāṃ vighātaya iti

Translation

Или следует ратовать за «раскол», говоря: «Хотя я не причинил им вреда, они, объединившись, напали на меня; так же и они — когда их силы будут сведены воедино и укреплены — нападут и на тебя, будь ты в безопасности или в беде. Власть искажает суждение; потому их надо разбить/расстроить».

Word by Word

भेदम्dissension; (policy of) sowing division

वाor

ब्रूयात्he should say; he may state

अनपकारःone who does no harm; non-injurious (person)

यथाjust as; in the manner that

अहम्I

एतैःby these (people)

सम्भूयhaving come together; jointly

अभियुक्तःaccused/charged; attacked; proceeded against

तथाso; in the same way

त्वाम्you (object)

अपिalso; even

एतेthese (people)

संहित-बलाःhaving combined strength; united in force

स्वस्थाःsecure; at ease; in a stable condition

व्यसनेin distress; in calamity

वाor

अभियोक्ष्यन्तेthey will assail/accuse/proceed against

बलम्strength; force

हिfor; indeed

चित्तम्mind; mental disposition

विकरोतिdisturbs; alters; deranges

तत्that; therefore

एषाम्of these (people)

विघातयdisruption; destruction; neutralization

इतिthus

Entities Mentioned

coalition/combined forces (saṃhita-bala)

FAQs

What is the core ‘nīti’ technique used here?

Bheda: splitting an opposing alignment by persuading one party that the coalition’s growth will inevitably turn against them.

How does the argument work administratively?

It provides a rationale for preventive action (disrupting unity) by predicting future aggression regardless of current relations or circumstances.