Sutra 13
भेदोपादानानि उपांशुदण्डाः इति संघवृत्तमेकादशमधिकरणम् ॥ कZ_०१.१.१३ ॥
bhedopādānāni upāṃśudaṇḍāḥ iti saṃghavṛttam ekādaśam adhikaraṇam
"(Here ends) the eleventh section on the policy toward confederacies (saṃgha): 'dissension and winning over are covert punishments (upāṃśu-daṇḍa).'"
FAQs
To define indirect, low-visibility instruments of control over organized groups: weakening hostile confederacies through engineered dissension and co-opting key members, thereby reducing the need for overt force while protecting state security.
It parallels non-kinetic tools such as strategic communication, political negotiation, coalition management, targeted incentives, and counter-influence operations—methods used to prevent destabilization and manage organized collective actors without escalating to open repression.
No single office is named here; the implied duty of the state leadership and its intelligence apparatus is to employ covert measures—splitting hostile coalitions and selectively winning over stakeholders—as calibrated enforcement to preserve public order and regime stability.