Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c41.88

c41.88

"tion. In this serious difficulty and in the nearness of this "grim danger, I beg of you money, gentlemen, for your safety. "When the crisis is over I will repay, gentlemen, in full. The "enemies will not return what they, if they can, carry away by "force from here. From family down to every thing you possess "might be destroyed by them. Money is desired only for the "sake of person, children and wife. I delight in your "prosperity as in the prosperity of my sons. I shall receive "what you can spare, without causing pain to the realm and to "you. In crises, the honourable assembly ( भवद्भिः संगतैः ) "should bear the burden. You should not value money very "much in a crisis."