Shloka 17
Adhyaya 37 — Alarka’s Crisis and the Teaching on Non-Attachment (Madālasa’s Instruction Recalled)
कांश्चिच्चोपप्रदानेन कांश्चिद् भेदेन पार्थिवान् ।
साम्नैवान्यान् वशं निन्ये निभृतास्तस्य येऽभवन् ॥
kāṁś cic copapradānena kāṁś cid bhedena pārthivān | sāmnaivānyān vaśaṁ ninye nibhṛtās tasya ye 'bhavan ||
केचित् राजानः स दानैर्जिगीषितवान्, केचित् भेदेन; अन्यान् सान्त्वेन वशं निनाय—ये तु गूढतया तस्मै अनुकूलाः अभवन्।
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FAQs
The verse presents the classic toolkit of governance: persuasion, incentives, and strategic division. It also warns that political loyalties can be covert and opportunistic.
Vaṁśānucarita: kings’ conduct narrated to illustrate political realities and dharma/artha tensions.
Internally, ‘gifts, division, conciliation’ map to ways the mind negotiates with tendencies: feeding some, separating conflicting impulses, and pacifying others to establish inner rule.