[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 6.2.6 # The Institutes of Akbar 6.2.6 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 6.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [6.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.2.6) The sages of antiquity mention the following four persons as the chief supports of the State—1. An upright collector; who protects the husbandman, watches over the subjects, develops the country, and improves the revenues. 2. A conscientious commander of the army, active and strict. 3. A chief justice, free from avarice and selfishness, who sits on the eminence of circumspection and insight, and obtains his ends by putting various questions, without exclusively relying on witnesses and oaths. 4. An intelligencer, who transmits the events of the time without addition or diminution, always keeping to the thread of truth and penetration. It is moreover incumbent on a just king to make himself acquainted with the characters of the following five kinds of men of whom the world is composed, and act accordingly. 1. The most commendable person is the sagacious man who prudently does that which is proper and absolutely necessary. The fountain of his virtues does not only run along his channel, but renders verdant the fields of other men. Such a one is the fittest person for a king to consult in State affairs. After him comes, secondly, the man of good intentions. The river of his virtues does not flow over its bed, and does not therefore become an irrigating source for others. Although it may be proper to shew him kindness and respect, yet he does not merit so high a degree of confidence. - [Previous: 6.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.2.5) - [Next: 6.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.2.7) - [Up: 6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.6.2.6) · Pramāṇa