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Chapter 12.128 - Verse 32

Sanskrit Text

कोशं दण्डं बलं मित्रं यदन्यदपि संचितम् कुर्वीतान्तरं राष्ट्रे राजा परिगते क्षुधा

English Translation

The king, even when reduced to straits, should never abandon his treasury, his machinery for punishing the wicked, his army, his friends and allies, and uther necessary institutions and the chiefs living in his kingdom.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

कोशं | दण्डं | बलं | मित्रं | यद् | अन्यद् | अपि | संचितम्
न | कृ + अन्तर | राष्ट्रे | राजा | परिगते | क्षुधा