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Book 5 Chapter I Paragraph 2

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 5 - The Conduct of Courtiers / Chapter I · Verse Paragraph 2

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With regard to those chiefs who, though living by service under the king, are inimically disposed towards him, or have taken the side of his enemy, a spy with secret mission or one in the guise of an ascetic and devoted to the king's cause shall set to work as described before; or a spy trained in the art of sowing the seeds of dissension may set to work, as will be described in connection with the ‘Invasion of an enemy's villages.’