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"सह अध्यायिनो अमात्यान् कुर्वीत, दृष्ट शौच सामर्थ्यत्वात्" इति भारद्वाजः ॥

"THE King," says Bháradvája, "shall employ his classmates as his ministers.

english translation

"ते ह्य् अस्य विश्वास्या भवन्ति" इति ॥

For they can be trusted by him inasmuch as he has personal knowledge of their honesty and capacity."

english translation

न इति विशाल अक्षः ॥

“No,” says Visáláksha, "

english translation

"सह क्रीडितत्वात् परिभवन्त्य् एनम् ॥

For, as they have been his playmates as well, they would despise him.

english translation

ये ह्य् अस्य गुह्य सधर्माणस् तान् अमात्यान् कुर्वीत, समान शील व्यसनत्वात् ॥

But he shall employ as ministers those whose secrets, possessed of in common, are well known to him.

english translation