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॥हितोपदेशः ॥ ३६एँ করিবেক কিম্বা দান ও সন্মানদ্বারা রক্ষা করিবেক যেহেতুক সে রক্ষণই ধনদ হয় । রাক্ত কহিলেন আঃ অনেক কথাতে কি প্রয়োজন আপনার বৃদ্ধি পরের হানি এই নীতি তাহা কে স্বীকার করিয়া বিজ্ঞরা বাচস্পত্য জ্ঞানকে পায় । মন্ত্রী হাস্য করিয়া কহিতেছে এই সকল বিশেষ করিয়া কহেন । He who wisheth for victory should endeavour to harass the enemy without distressing his own troops. An enemy's army which has been harassed for a long time, inay be easily defeated, There is not a better counsessor than a competitor for the overthrow of an enemy; wherefore great pains should he taken to raise such a claimant. Having entered into a confederacy with some one amongst the chiei's sons, or with one of his principal counsellors, at length, it will be proper, with a film resa. fution, to provoke him to fight. And when a chief shall have given him an overthrow by means of his heatest friends, he may put his enemy fo death. Let a prince make his own regions popular, for the sake of possessing that of another: or by bestowing gifts, and confering honours, with like popularity, let him acquire the odour of fame for generosity. What is the use of saying so much upon the subject : said, the king, interrupting him: one's own exaltation is another's tribulation, and both, they say, is policy, tsaving granted this, our fine language is contradicted by our actions. The minister sailing at this, replied,— It is entirely, so ; but, 2 Ա