Hitopdesh • Chapter 5 • Shloka 56
किंतु देव यद्यपि महामन्त्रिणा गृध्रेण
संधानमुपन्यस्तं तथापि तेन राज्ञा संप्रति भूतजयदर्पान्न मन्तव्यम् ।
तदेवं क्रियतां । सिंहलद्वीपस्य महाबलो
नाम सारसो राजास्मन्मित्रं जम्बुद्वीपे कोपं जनयतु । यतः ।
सुगुप्तिमाधाय सुसंहतेन बलेन वीरो विचरन्नरातिम् ।
संतापयेद्येन समं सुतप्तस्तप्तेन संधानमुपैति तप्तः ॥
Now, my lord, although the greater minister, Vulture, has proposed peace, yet that king, through the pride of his recent success, will not consent to it. So let this policy be adopted. Let the Sarasa king of Ceylon, Mahabala by name, our ally, cause a disturbance (by attacking it) in Jambudvipa. For, A war-like prince, marching about under profound secrecy with a well-composed army, should harass his enemy, so that he will be equally worried; for one, who is afflicted (lit. heated), will make peace with another equally afflicted.
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