[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Gnomic verse and anthologies](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita) › [Other gnomic and didactic poems](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic) › [Maxims of worldly wisdom and polity](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti) › [Rajanitishastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra) › 4.2 # Rajanitishastra 4.2 Rājanītiśāstra 4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.4.2) caturtho'dhyāyaḥ pārthivasyaiva vakṣyāmi bhṛtyānāñcaiva lakṣaṇam yathābhijño mahīpālaḥ samyagbhūtān prapālayet puṣpaṃ puṣpaṃ vicinvīta mūlacchedaṃ na kārayet mālākāra ivārāme na yathāṅgārakārakaḥ - [Previous: 3.74.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.3.74.p1) - [Next: 4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.4.3) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.111.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.gnomic.niti.rajanitisastra.4.2) · Pramāṇa