Sutra 40
Devanagari script
मित्रमित्रमरेश्चापि मित्रमित्रेण वारयेत् ॥ कZ_०७.१३.४०च्द् ॥
Transliteration
mitramitram areś cāpi mitramitreṇa vārayet
Translation
ควรยับยั้ง/ควบคุมมิตรของศัตรู (และแนวร่วมที่เกี่ยวข้อง) ด้วยมิตรของมิตรด้วยเช่นกัน.
Word by Word
मित्रम्an ally (friend-king/state)
मित्रम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (सन्दर्भतः द्वितीया—कर्म)
अमित्रम्an enemy
अमित्रम्:
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (कर्म)
अरेःof the enemy
अरेः:
TypeNoun
Rootअरि
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (सम्बन्ध)
चand
च:
TypeParticle
Rootच
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeParticle
Rootअपि
Formसम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
मित्रम्an ally
मित्रम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (कर्म)
अमित्रेणby means of an enemy
अमित्रेण:
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्र
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (करण)
वारयेत्should restrain/ward off/check
वारयेत्:
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वारण)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense in usage: ‘to cause to be checked/kept off’
Entities Mentioned
M
mitraM
mitra-mitraA
ari (enemy)A
ari-mitraFAQs
Kautilya recommends operating through second-order relationships (friends-of-friends) to contain hostile coalitions without direct escalation.