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आज्ञा कीर्तिः पालनं ब्राह्मणानांदानं भोगो मित्रसंरक्षणं च ।येषामेते षड्गुणा न प्रवृत्ताःकोऽर्थस्तेषां पार्थिवोपाश्रयेण ॥३९॥ājñā kīrtiḥ pālanaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃdānaṃ bhogo mitrasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ ca |yeṣāmete ṣaḍguṇā na pravṛttāḥko'rthasteṣāṃ pārthivopāśrayeṇa ||39||
Translation
(THE QUALITIES A KING SHOULD HAVE)
Commanding disposition; fame; caring for Brahmins; charity; enjoyment; and protection of friends; if a king does not have these six qualities, what purpose is served by taking shelter in such a king?! (He cannot be worth the name of a king at all!) ॥ 39 ॥