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Book 10 Chapter V Paragraph 4

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 10 - Relating to War / Chapter V · Verse Paragraph 4

arthasastraarthashastrakautilyachanakyabook-10

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Excess of the army is called surplus (ávápa); deficiency in infantry is called absence of surplus (pratyávápa); excess of any one of the four constituents of the army is akin to surplus (anvávápa); excess of traitors is far from surplus (atyávápa); in accordance with one's own resources, one should increase one's army from four to eight times the excess of the enemy's army or the deficiency in the enemy's infantry.