Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c8.s3.t1.10

c8.s3.t1.10

Purohita as Minister of first rank. As Regards the *Purohita*, he should be proficient in the Vedas and the six *Aṅgas*, in Jyotisha (*Daiva*), in the science of Omens (*Nimitta*), and also in the science of Polity (*Daṇḍanīti*), and the practices of Atharvaveda. "Him the king should follow as a pupil his preceptor, a son his father, and a servant his master. Thus brought up by Brāhmaṇas and trained in statecraft by a qualified Minister, and disciplined by the precepts of the Sāstras, the king will conquer the invincible [I. 9]."