Sutra 9
उत्साहवतश्च प्रभाववन्तो जित्वा क्रीत्वा च स्त्रियो बालाः पङ्गवोऽन्धाश्च पृथिवीं जिग्युरिति ॥ कZ_०९.१.०९ ॥
utsāhavataś ca prabhāvavanto jitvā krītvā ca striyo bālāḥ paṅgavo ’ndhāś ca pṛthivīṃ jigyur iti
Sinasabi na ang mga may taglay na sigasig sa pagkilos (utsāha) at mabisang kapangyarihan (prabhāva) ay nagwagi sa daigdig—sa pamamagitan man ng pananakop o ng pagbili—kahit sila’y mga babae, mga bata, mga pilay, o mga bulag.
FAQs
That sovereignty depends less on conventional markers of capability and more on initiative and effective power; the examples stress that organizational force can overcome personal limitations.
He treats acquisition of territory as a strategic outcome achievable through multiple instruments—military force or economic/transactional means—whichever is more expedient.