Sutra 38
शठो हि बाह्योऽभ्यन्तरमेवमुपजपति भर्तारं चेद्द् हत्वा मां प्रतिपादयिष्यति शत्रुवधो भूमिलाभश्च मे द्विविधो लाभो भविष्यति अथ वा शत्रुरेनमाहनिष्यतीति हतबन्धुपक्षस्तुल्यदोषदण्डेनोद्विग्नश्च मे भूयानकृत्यपक्षो भविष्यति तद्विधे वान्यस्मिन्नपि शङ्कितो भविष्यति अन्यमन्यं चास्य मुख्यमभित्यक्तशासनेन घातयिष्यामि इति ॥ कZ_०९.३.३८ ॥
śaṭho hi bāhyo 'bhyantaraṃ evam upajapati: bhartāraṃ ced hatvā māṃ pratipādayiṣyati, śatru-vadho bhūmi-lābhaś ca me dvividho lābho bhaviṣyati; atha vā śatrur enam āhaniṣyati iti, hata-bandhu-pakṣas tulya-doṣa-daṇḍenodvignaś ca me bhūyān akṛtya-pakṣo bhaviṣyati; tadvidhe vā anyasminn api śaṅkito bhaviṣyati; anyam-anyaṃ cāsya mukhyam abhityakta-śāsanena ghātayiṣyāmi iti.
一个狡诈的外人以如下盘算去接近内应：“若他杀其主而立我，我得双重之利——敌被诛且得其地。若敌杀之，则他将失其宗族依靠，并因同罪受罚之惶恐，而更愿在我这边从事非法之举。在任何类似情形中，他在别处也将成疑。故我将利用其纪律与控制的松弛，使其主要同党彼此相杀。”
FAQs
A deceitful actor frames every outcome as profit and will readily engineer internal killings; therefore rulers must treat such proposals as high-risk subversion and anticipate induced factional violence.
He aims to trigger mutual elimination among key associates by exploiting lapses in discipline (abhityakta-śāsana), reducing organized resistance.