Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c38.25

c38.25

"Mount on the Pratijñā (take the oath)² "from your heart (without any mental reservation), "in fact and by word of mouth;
(*a*) "I will see to the growth of the "Country³ regarding it as God Himself "and (this) ever and always;
(*b*) "Whatever law there is here and "whatever is dictated by Ethics and "whatever is not opposed to politics I "will act according to, unhesitatingly. "And I will never be arbitrary".⁴