Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.37

c44.37

"Between degeneration of the king and the degeneration "of the ministers, that of the ministers is more serious. "(1) Deliberation on the policy of state (*mantra*), "(2) realization of the result of that policy, "(3) execution of business, (4) the business "concerning Income and Expenditure, (5) army "and (6) its leading, (7) providing against "enemy and wild tribes (*aṭavī*), (8) maintenance "of government, (9) providing against (national) "degeneration, (10) protection of the princes and "their consecration to offices are vested in the "Ministers."²