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करिष्यन्न प्रभाषेत कृतान्येव च दर्शयेत् । धर्मकामार्थकार्याणि तथा मन्त्रो न भिद्यते॥५-३८-१६॥
One should not speak while an action is yet to be done; one should reveal only what has already been accomplished. In matters of dharma, desire, and material interest, counsel is thus not compromised.
english translation
गिरिपृष्ठमुपारुह्य प्रासादं वा रहोगतः । अरण्ये निःशलाके वा तत्र मन्त्रो विधीयते॥५-३८-१७॥
Having ascended a mountain ridge, or having gone in private to a palace, or to a secluded, uninhabited place in a forest—there counsel should be formulated.
english translation
नासुहृत्परमं मन्त्रं भारतार्हति वेदितुम् । अपण्डितो वापि सुहृत्पण्डितो वाप्यनात्मवान् । अमात्ये ह्यर्थलिप्सा च मन्त्ररक्षणमेव च॥५-३८-१८॥
A non-ally does not deserve to know the highest counsel, O Bhārata. Even a well-wisher, if unlearned, or learned yet lacking self-control, is unsuitable. In a minister, both desire for gain and the capacity to protect counsel must be assessed.
english translation
कृतानि सर्वकार्याणि यस्य वा पार्षदा विदुः । गूढमन्त्रस्य नृपतेस्तस्य सिद्धिरसंशयम्॥५-३८-१९॥
If a king’s attendants come to know only the completed actions, while his counsel remains concealed, then his success is assured.
english translation
अप्रशस्तानि कर्माणि यो मोहादनुतिष्ठति । स तेषां विपरिभ्रंशे भ्रश्यते जीवितादपि॥५-३८-२०॥
Whoever, through delusion, undertakes actions that are not commendable—when those actions fail or collapse, he may fall even from life itself.
english translation