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Chapter 12.57 - Verse 17

Sanskrit Text

द्विट्छिद्रदर्शी नृपतिर्नित्यमेव प्रशस्यते त्रिवर्गविदितार्थश्च युक्तचारोपधिश्च यः

English Translation

The king who marks the short-comings of his enemies and cleverly follows morality, profit, and pleasure, who engages intelligent spies for determining secrets and tries to win over the officers of his enemies by presents of wealth is indeed praise-worthy.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

द्विष् + छिद्र + दर्शिन् | नृपतिर् | नित्यम् | एव | प्रशस्यते
त्रिवर्ग + विद् + अर्थ + च | युज् + चार + उपधि + च | यः