[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) › c44.3 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.3 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.3 - **Language:** English ### [c44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.3) § 311. The duty of the Ministry is summed up in these terms: "If the State, the People, the Strength, the Exchequer, and lastly Proper Monarchism (\*su-nṛipatvam\*) do not grow, or the Enemy is not broken through the policy of the ministry, the ministers do not justify their existence (lit., 'of what use are they' ?)."¹ - [Previous: c44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.1) - [Next: c44.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.4) - [Up: c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44) ## Cites (1) - [Śukranīti (Śukrācārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.sukraniti-sukracarya.2.83) — Śukrācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c44.3) · Pramāṇa