Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c8.s4.12

c8.s4.12

² Ibid., 13–16; tr., 14–17. Cf. the Mahâbhârata: "The person who achieves celebrity, who observes all restraints, who never feels jealous of others, who never does an evil act, who never through lust or fear, or covetousness or wrath, abandons righteousness, who is clever in the transaction of business, and who is possessed of wise and weighty speech, should be the foremost of ministers. Persons well-born, and possessed of good behaviour, who are liberal and never indulge in, brag, who are brave and respectable, learned and full of resources,