The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 2.5.23

2.5.23

kṛṣyādināpi kośavṛddhiḥ svāmyādiprakṛtisaptakasya parairdhanādinā mohane kṛte sati na bhavatītyata āha kaccitprakṛtaya iti | sapta 'svāmyamātmamuhṛtkośarāṣṭradurgabalāni ca | rājyāṅgāni prakṛtayaḥ paurāṇāṃ śreṇayo'pi ca' iti kośoktāḥ | tatra svāmirūpā prakṛtiḥ saptavidhā | 'durgādhyakṣo balādhyakṣo dharmādhyakṣaścamūpati | puraudhā vaidyadaivajñau sapta prakṛtayaḥ smṛtāḥ' iti proktāḥ | balādhyakṣaḥ balasya caturaṅgasyāhārādidānena pālakaḥ | camūpatiryuddhe cambāḥ praṇetā | dharmaḥ kāryamātram | amātyaḥ mantrī | suhṛt nyāyānyāyavibhāgakartā parṣadrūpaḥ | ete na tāvakā luptāḥ parairmohitā mābhūvan | lupyatemohanārthasyedaṃ rūpam | luptāśceddurgādīnāmeva nāśāpattirityarthaḥ | athavā ta evāḍhyāḥ santo vyasanino dyūtapānādiratāḥ mābhūvan | 'hṛṣṭo dṛṣyati dṛpto dharmamatikrāmati dharmātikramātpāpaṃ karoti' iti smṛteḥ astyādyasya vyasanaprasaktistadāpi na kośādīnāṃ vṛddhiḥ syāt | kathaṃ tarhi syuḥ | sarvaprakāraiḥ svanuraktā atyantaṃ svāmikārye prītimantaḥ ||