Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/vinayadhikarika/21/24

आप्त शस्त्र ग्राह अधिष्ठितः सिद्ध तापसं पश्येत्, मन्त्रि परिषदा सह सामन्त दूतम् ॥

sanskrit

Attended by trustworthy bodyguard armed with weapons, he shall give interview to saints and ascetics. Surrounded by his assembly of minsters, he shall receive the envoys of foreign states.

english translation

Apta zastra grAha adhiSThitaH siddha tApasaM pazyet, mantri pariSadA saha sAmanta dUtam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/vinayadhikarika/21/24

आप्त शस्त्र ग्राह अधिष्ठितः सिद्ध तापसं पश्येत्, मन्त्रि परिषदा सह सामन्त दूतम् ॥

sanskrit

Attended by trustworthy bodyguard armed with weapons, he shall give interview to saints and ascetics. Surrounded by his assembly of minsters, he shall receive the envoys of foreign states.

english translation

Apta zastra grAha adhiSThitaH siddha tApasaM pazyet, mantri pariSadA saha sAmanta dUtam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript