प्रणिधाय हि चारेण यथावत्सूक्ष्मबुद्धिना। परीक्ष्य च ततः कार्यों यथान्यायं परिग्रहः॥
praṇidhāya hi cāreṇa yathāvatsūkṣmabuddhinā| parīkṣya ca tataḥ kāryoṃ yathānyāyaṃ parigrahaḥ||
English Meaning
If did you, sounding him well through the instrumentality of sharp spies, find him friendly, do you win him over to your side.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)