[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c22.12 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.12 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.12 - **Language:** English ### [c22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.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." - [Previous: c22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.11) - [Next: c22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.13) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.12) · Pramāṇa