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धृतराष्ट्र उवाच व्यवहाराश्च ते तात नित्यमाप्तैरधिष्ठिताः योज्यास्तुष्टैर्हितै राजन्नित्यं चारैरनुष्ठिताः
M. N. Dutt: Let your laws, O king, be always administered by trusted judges placed in charge thereof, who should also be contented and of good conduct. Their acts should also be ascertained by you through spies.
Supplementary Passages:
15.10.1 After 1, M1 ins.: *24 अलुब्धैश्चास्य व्यसनिभिः स्निग्धैरात्मसमैः सदा
परिमाणं विदित्वा च दण्डं दण्ड्येषु भारत प्रणयेयुर्यथान्यायं पुरुषास्ते युधिष्ठिर
M. N. Dutt: Let your judicial officers, O Yudhishthira, mete out punishments, according to the law, on offenders after careful determining the gravity of the offenses.
आदानरुचयश्चैव परदाराभिमर्शकाः उग्रदण्डप्रधानाश्च मिथ्या व्याहारिणस्तथा
AI Translation: Those who are fond of taking, those who touch the wives of others, Those who are mainly violent, those who speak falsely,
आक्रोष्टारश्च लुब्धाश्च हन्तारः साहसप्रियाः सभाविहारभेत्तारो वर्णानां च प्रदूषकाः हिरण्यदण्ड्या वध्याश्च कर्तव्या देशकालतः
AI Translation: Those who revile, are greedy, kill, and delight in violence, Those who disrupt assemblies and places of rest, and defile the castes, Those who deserve the golden staff, and those who deserve death, should be dealt with according to place and time.
Supplementary Passages:
15.10.4 After 4, K3.5 G1 ins.: *25 अवरोधभूमौ भृत्यैस्तु सह पानं विवर्जयेत् आक्रोशन्त्यनुमत्तास्ते कलत्रं चापि गृह्णते जिघांसन्त्यपि शस्त्रेण नष्टाः क्रीडन्ति चोत्कटाः नानाक्षेपा व्याहरन्ति गम्यागम्यं न जानते अतिपानेन राजापि सर्वकोशं विनाशयेत् वितरेद्गायकेभ्यश्च प्रधानद्रव्यसंचयम् बुद्ध्वेमान्पानदोषांस्तु पिबेदेकः स्वजायया युक्त्या प्रकाशं मतिमान्स्ववीर्यस्याभिवृद्धये
प्रातरेव हि पश्येथा ये कुर्युर्व्ययकर्म ते अलंकारमथो भोज्यमत ऊर्ध्वं समाचरेः
AI Translation: You should see them in the morning, those who would perform the rite of expenditure. Then, after adorning and feeding, you should perform the rite.
पश्येथाश्च ततो योधान्सदा त्वं परिहर्षयन् दूतानां च चराणां च प्रदोषस्ते सदा भवेत्
AI Translation: You should always delight the warriors by seeing them. May there always be a dusk for you, for the messengers and the wanderers.
सदा चापररात्रं ते भवेत्कार्यार्थनिर्णये मध्यरात्रे विहारस्ते मध्याह्ने च सदा भवेत्
M. N. Dutt: The latter end of the night should be devoted by you to settle what acts should be done by you in the day. Midnight's and midday's should be devoted to amusements and sports. At all times, however, you should think of the means for the execution your projects.
सर्वे त्वात्ययिकाः कालाः कार्याणां भरतर्षभ तथैवालंकृतः काले तिष्ठेथा भूरिदक्षिणः चक्रवत्कर्मणां तात पर्यायो ह्येष नित्यशः
M. N. Dutt: At the proper time, adorning your body, you should sit prepared to make gifts in profusion. The turns for different deeds, O son, ceaselessly revolve like wheels.
Supplementary Passages:
15.10.8 After 8cd, K3-5 G1 ins.: *26 न वृथा व्यवतिष्ठेत पारिहार्यादिभूषणम् प्रयोज्यं सर्वदेवेह माङ्गल्यं पापनाशनम्
कोशस्य संचये यत्नं कुर्वीथा न्यायतः सदा द्विविधस्य महाराज विपरीतं विवर्जयेः
AI Translation: Always make an effort to accumulate wealth in accordance with the law. O great king, avoid the two kinds of wealth that are contrary to this.
चारैर्विदित्वा शत्रूंश्च ये ते राज्यान्तरायिणः तानाप्तैः पुरुषैर्दूराद्घातयेथाः परस्परम्
AI Translation: Having learned of the enemies who obstruct the kingdom, you should have your own men kill them from a distance.
कर्मदृष्ट्याथ भृत्यांस्त्वं वरयेथाः कुरूद्वह कारयेथाश्च कर्माणि युक्तायुक्तैरधिष्ठितैः
AI Translation: O descendant of the Kuru lineage, you should select servants with a view to their work, and you should have them perform tasks under the supervision of those who are fit and unfit.
सेनाप्रणेता च भवेत्तव तात दृढव्रतः शूरः क्लेशसहश्चैव प्रियश्च तव मानवः
AI Translation: "And he will be your general, O son, steadfast in his vows, " "A hero, able to endure hardship, and dear to you, O man."
सर्वे जानपदाश्चैव तव कर्माणि पाण्डव पौरोगवाश्च सभ्याश्च कुर्युर्ये व्यवहारिणः
AI Translation: All the people, O son of Pandu, and the citizens, the judges, the lawyers, and the witnesses, would do your deeds.
स्वरन्ध्रं पररन्ध्रं च स्वेषु चैव परेषु च उपलक्षयितव्यं ते नित्यमेव युधिष्ठिर
M. N. Dutt: You should always, O Yudhishthira, be careful to ascertain your own shortcomings as also those of your enemies. The shortcomings also of your own men as also of the men of your enemies should equally be known.
देशान्तरस्थाश्च नरा विक्रान्ताः सर्वकर्मसु मात्राभिरनुरूपाभिरनुग्राह्या हितास्त्वया
M. N. Dutt: Those men of your kingdom, who are wellskilled in their respective callings, and are devoted to your good, should be patronized by you with adequate means of support.
गुणार्थिनां गुणः कार्यो विदुषां ते जनाधिप अविचाल्याश्च ते ते स्युर्यथा मेरुर्महागिरिः
M. N. Dutt: A wise king, O chief of men, should always see that the accomplishments of his subjects might be kept up. They would then be firinly devoted to you, seeing that they did not fall away from their skill