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𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐢𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤.

𝐌𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲, 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲. 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫.

𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚.

𝐤 𝐯 𝐚

शस्त्रैःby using weapons हताः killed, overcome रिपवः enemies न हताः are not fully destroyed, defeated, annihilated भवन्ति हि become indeed प्रज्ञा हताः defeated by use of intelligence, strategy, policies, defeated in intelligence and knowledge रिपवः enemies तु on the other hand सुहताः are well defeated भवन्ति become शस्त्रं a weapon पुरुषस्य of a man शरीरं body एकं one, alone निहन्ति vanquishes, overcomes, defeats प्रज्ञा तु but intelligence, intelligent policies and statecraft कुलं clan विभवं resources यशः fame and standing च हन्ति. Too destroy