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Chapter 12.84 - Verse 20

Sanskrit Text

परीक्षितगुणान्नित्यं प्रौढभावान्धुरंधरान् पञ्चोपधाव्यतीतांश्च कुर्याद्राजार्थकारिणः

English Translation

The king should appoint five such persons to superintend his affairs, who are intelligent, shorn of pride, possessed of a good disposition, energy, patience, forgiveness, purity, loyalty, firmness, and courage, whose merits and faults have been well proved, who are aged, who are capable of bearing burden and who are free from deceit.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

परीक्ष् + गुण + नित्यम् | प्रौढ + भाव | धुरंधरान्
पञ्चन् + उपधा + व्यती + च | कुर्याद् | राजन् + अर्थ + कारिन्