Sutra 20
तेषां यस्मिन्वा गुणे स्थितः पश्येत् इहस्थः शक्ष्यामि दुर्गसेतुकर्मवणिक्पथशून्यनिवेशखनिद्रव्यहस्तिवनकर्माण्यात्मनः प्रवर्तयितुम् परस्य चैतानि कर्माण्युपहन्तुमिति तमातिष्ठेत् ॥ कZ_०७.१.२० ॥
teṣāṃ yasminvā guṇe sthitaḥ paśyet ihasthaḥ śakṣyāmi durgasetukarmavaṇikpathaśūnyaniveśakhanidravyahastivanakarmāṇyātmanaḥ pravartayitum parasya caitāni karmāṇyupahantumiti tamātiṣṭhet
在这些（战略条件）之中，凡他发现自己所处的某一条件，使得他在不移动位置的情况下能够：(一) 推进自身的各项事务——筑城设防、桥梁或堤坝工程、商路、在空旷地带设立聚落、矿山、物资资源、象群以及林业事务——并且(二) 破坏对手相应的事务，那么他就应当维持/采取该条件。
FAQs
Prefer the posture in which you can continue domestic-capacity projects and simultaneously disrupt the rival’s capacity projects—without needing risky overextension.
They are core capability pillars: defense (forts), mobility/public works (setu), revenue and commerce (routes), strategic resources (mines/treasury inputs), and military assets/supply (elephants/forests).