हीयमानेन कर्तव्यो राज्ञा संधिः समेन च। न शत्रुमवमन्येत ज्यायान्कुर्वीत विग्रहम्॥
hīyamānena kartavyo rājñā saṃdhiḥ samena ca| na śatrumavamanyeta jyāyānkurvīta vigraham||
English Meaning
A king should enter into peace, if he be an equal or inferior of his adversary, and engage in war, if be more powerful, but an enemy should never be disergarded.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)