कच्चिन् मुख्या महत्स्व् एव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः ॥
जघन्याश् च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः ॥
अमात्यान् उपधातीतान् पितृपैतामहाञ् शुचीन् ॥
श्रेष्ठाञ् श्रेष्ठेषु कच्चित् त्वं नियोजयसि कर्मसु ॥
kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ ||
jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ ||
amātyān upadhātītān pitṛpaitāmahāñ śucīn ||
śreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭheṣu kaccit tvaṃ niyojayasi karmasu ||
I hope the chief men are assigned to great tasks, the middling to middling ones, and the lowest to the lowest, so that every servant is set to work according to his worth? I hope you appoint the best counselors to the highest tasks -- men tested by bribery and proven steadfast, pure, who served your father and grandfather before you?
fab095da208d · 发布于 2026年7月16日 14:43:40 UTC
可用语言RUEN用方向键翻颂
Here order is upheld by placing each according to true merit. It is telling that counselors are first tested by bribery: trust is not given on faith but earned through trial. Thus scripture shows the just distribution of offices as the foundation of governance; what follows concerns the ruler's gentleness toward his subjects.