A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. c8.s3.126

c8.s3.126

The rules of statecraft laid down by the author reflect at least in one place the genuine spirit of the Arthaśāstra, in as much as these involve the subordination of morality to expediency. He writes (I 4-5), “Even right he (viz. the king) should not practise when disapproved by the world. Should he practise it, it should be after recommending it by persons of intelligence.” (Dr. Thomas’s translation).