Chapter 4 - Arthashastra and Panchatantra—a comparison

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unsteady, foolish and a despiser or warriors, can easily be
rooted out.18
Another point of consideration here is, one who is insulted
should not go for Sandhi. Because, it will aggrievate the
situation to an unimaginable extent. It is just like a person
suffering from high temperature should wipe out the sweating
by a cloth.
If he takes bath in such condition, there will be all
possibility of high increase of temperature leading to death.
Therefore, Sandhi is not preferable to Vigraha, when the enemy
is aggrivated. 19
Further, Viṣṇuśarmā remarks that Vigraha is preferable to
Sandhi because "talks about negotiations for peace, serve, on
the contrary, to inflame an enemy already angry, as drops of
water falling all of a sudden on ghee which is very much boiled,
agitate it. 20 So also, laying more stress on Vigraha, a person
18. . क्रूरो लुब्धोऽलसोऽसत्यः प्रमादी भीरुरस्थिरः ।
मूढो योधावमन्ता च सुखोच्छेद्यो भवेद्रिपुः ॥
[krūro lubdho'laso'satyaḥ pramādī bhīrurasthiraḥ |
mūḍho yodhāvamantā ca sukhocchedyo bhavedripuḥ ||
] Pañcatantra, Kākolukiya, verse - 24, p.7.
19. चतुर्थोपायसाध्ये तु रिपौ सान्त्वमपक्रिया ।
स्वेद्य मामज्वरं प्राज्ञः कोऽम्भसा परिषिञ्चति ॥
[caturthopāyasādhye tu ripau sāntvamapakriyā |
svedya māmajvaraṃ prājñaḥ ko'mbhasā pariṣiñcati ||
] Pañcatantra, Kākolukīya, verse - 26, p.7.
20. सामवादाः सकोपस्य शत्रोः प्रत्युत दीपिकाः ।
प्रतप्तस्येव सहसा सर्पिषस्तोयबिन्दवः ||
[sāmavādāḥ sakopasya śatroḥ pratyuta dīpikāḥ |
prataptasyeva sahasā sarpiṣastoyabindavaḥ ||
] Pañcatantra, Kākolukiya, verse - 27, p.8.