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 ||
کچھ بادشاہوں کو اس نے عطیوں سے اپنے طرف مائل کیا، کچھ کو تفرقہ ڈال کر؛ اور جو پوشیدہ طور پر اس کے حامی ہو چکے تھے، انہیں اس نے مصالحت (سام) سے تابع کر لیا۔
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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.