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Kautilya's Arthashastra 1.8.9

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 1.8.9

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Sanskrit

1.8.9

yāvadbhyo guhyam ācaṣṭe janebhyaḥ puruṣādhipaḥ /
avaśaḥ karmaṇā tena vaśyo bhavati tāvatām //

"Under the control of as many persons as are made aware by the king of his own secrets, might he place himself in all humility by that disclosure. Hence he shall employ as ministers those who have proved faithful to him under difficulties fatal to life and are of tried devotion."

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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