Hindu Administrative Institutions c6.s5.13

c6.s5.13

This means every organ is composed of different parts. For example the *prakṛti daṇḍa* is composed of hereditary, hired and voluntary recruits or soldiers, whilst the treasury consists of precious gems, valuable metals and baser metals also. If a part or parts of one or more organs get into trouble, still the work will be accomplished if that limb consists of several other parts which are really serviceable and possess good attributes.¹ Kauṭalya works up his idea further and remarks² that ‘if two of the elements are equally hit by troubles still the project must be embarked upon, having distinguished both the progressive and the regressive states of things, provided the import of the rest of the elements is not well expressed. Again, ‘If the *vyasana* or distress of a single organ would contribute to the ruin that each contributes to the efficient functioning of the others.