Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.12

c22.12

[Yudhishṭhira said,] "(6) I (now) desire to hear, O Leader of the Wise, of the nature of the *gaṇas* : (7) How the *gaṇas* prosper and how they avoid (the policy of) *Bheda* [disunion employed by the enemy], O Bhārata, and (why it is,) they aspire to conquer enemies, and also gain allies. (8) Disunion, it seems to me, is the root-cause of their destruction. (Again their) difficulty is, in my opinion, how to keep the resolutions of state secret on account of (their) large number. (9) I am desirous of listening to an exhaustive discourse on this subject, O Oppressor of Enemies. Tell me also, O Prince, how they might avert disintegration."