[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c8.s1.30 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s1.30 Hindu Administrative Institutions c8.s1.30 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1.30) If again an honest prince would apprehend imprisonment or secret death at the hands of his father, he might ally himself with a good \*sāmanta\* chieftain, contract influential marriages, collect an army and win over parties in the state. When the Pāṇḍavās were sent on the \*vāranāvada-yātra\* with the ultimate design on the part of Duryodhana to bring about their destruction, Vidura scented the danger awaiting them and made mention of it to the Pāṇḍavās. Through a secret underground passage the latter escaped to the forests where - [Previous: c8.s1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1.29) - [Next: c8.s1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1.31) - [Up: c8.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c8.s1.30) · Pramāṇa