Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c44.5

c44.5

In connection with 'Proper Monarchism' I would quote the principle from the same authority which is embodied in the preceding verses. "The Monarch is not controlled, therefore ministers have to be." "For," says the Nīti in the next verse, "if the king could not be kept in check by ministers, is national prosperity possible by such ministers ?" In the latter case they would cease to be real ministers and would be no better than ornaments.² The *Su-nṛipatva* or 'proper monarchy,' therefore, is a 'controlled monarchy'.