THREE FOLD APPROACH TO STRATEGY -PTML7

 SUBHASHITHANI:396

सुकृत्यं विष्णु-गुप्तस्य मित्राप्तिर् भार्गवस्य च ।
बृहस्पतेर् अविश्वासो नीतिर्-सन्धिस् त्रिधा स्थितः ॥ ४६ ॥
sukṛtyaṃ viṣṇu-guptasya mitrāptir bhārgavasya ca |
bṛhaspater aviśvāso nītir-sandhis tridhā sthitaḥ ||2.46 ||
The need for ‘thoroughness’ in action advocated by Vishnugupta(Chanakya), ‘acquisition of friends’ by Bhargava ( Sukraacharya) and of’ not trusting any one easily’ by Bruhaspati- Thus three fold is the adoption of policy.
( सुकृत्यं,मित्राप्ति,अविश्वासो - Three fold approach to strategy )

महताप्य् अर्थ-सारेण यो विश्वसिति शत्रुषु ।
भार्यासु सुविरक्तासु तद्-अन्तं तस्य जीवितम् ॥ ४७ ॥
mahatāpy artha-sāreṇa yo viśvasiti śatruṣu |
bhāryāsu suviraktāsu tad-antaṃ tasya jīvitam || 2.47 ||
He who puts confidence in his enemy acquired with a large sum of money, and in his wife, who has entirely ceased to love him, his  end is not far away.

सतां साप्तपदं मैत्रम् इत्य् आहुर् विबुधा जनाः ।
तस्मात् त्वं मित्रतां प्राप्तो वचनं मम तच् छृणु ॥ ४८ ॥
satāṃ sāptapadaṃ maitram ity āhur vibudhā janāḥ |
tasmāt tvaṃ mitratāṃ prāpto vacanaṃ mama tac chṛṇu || 2.48 ||
Sages have said that friendship is formed between good men when they walk together seven steps (or exchange seven words); accordingly, you have become my friend; hence please listen to my words.

भीत-भीतैः पुरा शत्रुर् मन्दं मन्दं विसर्पति ।
भूमौ प्रहेलया पश्चाज् जार-हस्तो ऽङ्गनास्व् इव ॥ ४९ ॥

bhīta-bhītaiḥ purā śatrur mandaṃ mandaṃ visarpati |
bhūmau prahelayā paścāj jāra-hasto 'ṅganāsv iva ||2.49 ||

A paramour approaches a beautiful woman carefully and later takes advantage, similarly an enemy timidly and timidly moves on the ground and later moves very boldly.

ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति गुह्यम् आख्याति पृच्छति ।
भुङ्क्ते भोजायते चैव षड्-विधं प्रीति-लक्षणम् ॥ ५० ॥

dadāti pratigṛhṇāti guhyam ākhyāti pṛcchati |
bhuṅkte bhojāyate caiva ṣaḍ-vidhaṃ prīti-lakṣaṇam || 2.50 ||

Giving, taking, revealing secrets and hearing them, eating and feeding – these six are the signs of love and affection.

नोपकारं विना प्रीतिः कथञ्चित् कस्यचिद् भवेत् ।
उपयाचित-दानेन यतो देवा अभीष्टदाः ॥ ५१ ॥

nopakāraṃ vinā prītiḥ kathañcit kasyacid bhavet |
upayācita-dānena yato devā abhīṣṭadāḥ ||2.51 ||

Friendship or love cannot develop without the feeling of mutual benefit. Even gods fulfil desires only after being offered something.

तावत् प्रीतिर् भवेल् लोके यावद् दानं प्रदीयते ।
वत्सः क्षीर-क्षयं दृष्ट्वा परित्यजति मातरम् ॥ ५२ ॥

tāvat prītir bhavel loke yāvad dānaṃ pradīyate |
vatsaḥ kṣīra-kṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā parityajati mātaram || 2.52 ||

There will be affection in this world as long as a gift is offered; a calf leaves off its mother on seeing cessation of milk.

पश्य दानस्य माहात्म्यं सद्यः प्रत्यय-कारकम् ।
यत्-प्रभावाद् अपि द्वेषो मित्रतां याति तत्-क्षणात् ॥ ५३ ॥

paśya dānasya māhātmyaṃ sadyaḥ pratyaya-kārakam |
yat-prabhāvād api dveṣo mitratāṃ yāti tat-kṣaṇāt ||2.53 ||

Look at the greatness of ‘giving’, the results of which is seen at once. Giving has the benefit of even changing an enemy to a friend in a flash.

SRI KRISHNAYA THUBHYAM NAMAH