यो ध्रुवाणि परित्यज्य अध्रुवं परिषेवते ।
ध्रुवाणि तस्य नश्यन्ति चाध्रुवं नष्टमेव हि ॥१.१३॥

yo dhruvāṇi parityajya adhruvaṃ pariṣevate |
dhruvāṇi tasya naśyanti cādhruvaṃ naṣṭameva hi ||1.13||

one who discards certainty in favor of uncertainty; certainly destroys certainty; and uncertainty is destroyed as it is

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Excerpt from the book “Old Chanakya Strategy: Aphorisms” by Rajen Jani