Sutra 32

Devanagari script

भिन्नमवाप्स्यामि दण्डानुग्रहेण वा शत्रुमुपगृह्य मण्डललिप्सायां विद्वेषं ग्राहयिष्यामि विद्विष्टं तेनैव घातयिष्यामि इति संधिना वृद्धिमातिष्ठेत् ॥ कZ_०७.१.३२ए ॥

Transliteration

bhinnam avāpsyāmi daṇḍānugraheṇa vā śatrum upagṛhya maṇḍalalipsāyāṃ vidveṣaṃ grāhayiṣyāmi vidviṣṭaṃ tenaiva ghātayiṣyāmi iti saṃdhinā vṛddhim ātiṣṭhet

Translation

इति चिन्तयन्—‘भिन्नमवाप्स्यामि; दण्डानुग्रहेण वा शत्रुमुपगृह्य मण्डललिप्सायां विद्वेषं ग्राहयिष्यामि; विद्विष्टं तेनैव घातयिष्यामि’—इति संधिना वृद्धिमातिष्ठेत्।

Word by Word

भिन्नम्(him/the enemy) separated, split off

अवाप्स्यामिI shall obtain / secure

दण्ड-अनुग्रहेणby the favour/support of coercive power (punishment/force)

वाor

शत्रुम्the enemy

उपगृह्यhaving seized/secured (him)

मण्डल-लिप्सायाम्in (his) desire for the mandala / circle of states

विद्वेषम्hostility, enmity

ग्राहयिष्यामिI shall cause (him) to take up / I shall instigate

विद्विष्टम्(him) made hostile / hostile

तेनby him / through that (person)

एवindeed, just, by that very (one)

घातयिष्यामिI shall have (him) killed / I shall cause (him) to be slain

इतिthus (thinking/saying)

संधिनाby alliance/treaty (peace-compact)

वृद्धिम्growth, increase, advantage

आतिष्ठेत्he should undertake / he should resort to

Entities Mentioned

enemy

maṇḍala

FAQs

What niti toolkit is explicit in this verse?

Bheda (splitting coalitions) combined with daṇḍa (coercion) and anugraha (inducement), using treaty to manage rivals into mutual destruction.