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Chapter 12.57 - Verse 16

Sanskrit Text

विश्वसेच्च नृपतिर्न चात्यर्थं विश्वसेत् षाड्गुण्यगुणदोषांश्च नित्यं बुद्ध्यावलोकयेत्

English Translation

The king should not confide (in others than his own servants), nor should he place too much confidence (in even his servants). He should, by own intelligence, find out the merits and short-comings of the six principal works of sovereignty.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

न | विश्वस् + च | नृपतिर् | न | च + अत्यर्थम् | न | विश्वसेत्
षाड्गुण्य + गुण + दोष + च | नित्यं | बुद्धि + अवलोकय्