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

(Nghĩ rằng:) “Ta sẽ giành được một khối đối địch bị chia rẽ; hoặc, bằng cách khống chế/thu phục kẻ thù bằng cả trừng phạt lẫn ân huệ, trong việc mưu cầu maṇḍala ta sẽ kích động thù hằn; kẻ bị làm cho bị ghét ta sẽ khiến bị chính phe ấy giết” — như vậy, bằng phương tiện hiệp ước, ông ta nên nắm giữ sự tăng trưởng.

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.