Matsya Purana 220.7

220.7

adhikāreṣu sarveṣu vinītaṃ viniyojayet.
ādau svalpe tataḥ paścātkrameṇātha mahātsvapi .. 220.7 ..

Matsya said:—O King! a king should well guard his own son A number of trustworthy servants should be retained to guard and a faithful teacher as well to give him instruction He should be grounded in Dharma, Kâma, Artha, archery the use of charriot, elephants and horses and mechanical arts, and various other physical exercises A prince should not be so very truthful, should speak sweet words according to necessity that need not be rigorously true Such instruction should be given to him Men should be employed to guard him under the pretext of guarding his person A prince should not be allowed to mix with men of angry or avaricious disposition, nor with persons who had been insulted and looked down upon His custodians should train him up so that he may be gentle and may not abandon the difficult path of virtue and be led away by passions during his youth The prince who cannot be easily trained up in all such good qualities by good instructions should be well guarded in a secret place where he should have all his comforts A prince devoid of politics and humility soon perishes Persons well trained should be employed in different departments of State First they should be given small offices and then their sphere of work should be gradually widened—1-7