Adhyaya 3
本章讲授如何将敌对关系武器化，使外交成为在盟友尚未转为对手之前设局、诱捕并清除不稳定盟友的机制。曼荼罗政治被当作一个“活的七支”（Saptāṅga）来运作：作为一支的“盟友”（Mitra）必须被强化，但也必须受控。先诱使旁系盟友（parasyāmitra）滋生敌意，再把这种敌意当作施压的杠杆与清算的借口。偏好的结局务求果断：借他人之手致死、公开/突袭作战，或在公开代价过高时施以无声惩罚。谈判情境被视为陷阱：不露面索贡、强迫离境、索取部分领土、以及预先绑定的效忠关系——各有相应对策。最终目标是降低风险，并将此事转化为征服者（Vijigīṣu）的领土与财政收益。
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Frequently Asked Questions
It prevents a fickle or opportunistic ‘ally-of-convenience’ from maturing into a strategic threat, stabilizes the alliance perimeter, and converts conflict into controllable gains (land, gold, or even a negotiated state-exchange), thereby reducing long-run war-costs and internal insecurity.
The text does not assign a domestic legal penalty here; the ‘penalty’ is strategic: failure to neutralize the induced/entrapped king invites future betrayal, loss of leverage, and escalated war. Operationally, daṇḍa manifests as capture (jīvagrāha), liquidation via proxy/enemy, or dual-pressure coercion (ubhayataḥ-sampīḍana).