Manusmriti

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मौलान् शास्त्रविदः शूरान् लब्धलक्षान् कुलोद्भवान् । सचिवान् सप्त चाष्टौ वा प्रकुर्वीत परीक्षितान् ॥ ५४ ॥

sanskrit

Let him appoint seven or eight ministers whose ancestors have been royal servants, who are versed in the sciences, heroes skilled in the use of weapons and descended from (noble) families and who have been tried.

english translation

maulAn zAstravidaH zUrAn labdhalakSAn kulodbhavAn | sacivAn sapta cASTau vA prakurvIta parIkSitAn || 54 ||

hk transliteration by Sanscript