Vaat 5.341
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 341 · 5 · Verse 341
Sanskrit Original
Nidrā āve to sūī javu ne surang uḍāḍvānī vāt karī ne koī rīte shatru jitāy em na hoy, to jem Ṭopīvāḷe laḍāīmā dhoḷo dārū pātharīne1 sāmānu lashkar chhaḷthī mārī nākhyu, tem āpaṇe chhaḷ karavo ne manne jītavu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Angrejo gandhak ne surokhār mishra karī pṛuthvī par pāthare. Tenā par shatrusenā āve ke agni chāmpe. Gandhak tarat saḷagī ūṭhvāthī senāno nāsh thāy.
If there is no way the enemy in the form of the inner faculties can be defeated, then do as the British – in war they first spread white gunpowder and by trickery killed the opposing army (by igniting the gun powder when the opposing army came to the battlefield). Similarly, use trickery to win over the mind and internal enemies.