Hitopdesh • Chapter 3 • Shloka 95
स्तब्धकर्णो ब्रूते -- शृणु भ्रातः चिराश्रितावेतौ
दमनककरटकौ संधिविग्रहकार्याधिकारिणौ च कदाचिदर्थाधिकारे न
नियोक्तव्यौ । अपरं च नियोगप्रस्तावेयात्केचिन्मया श्रुतं तत् कथ्यते ।
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो बन्धुर्नाधिकारे प्रशस्यते ।
ब्राह्मणः सिद्धमप्यर्थं कृच्छ्रेणापि न यच्छति ॥
Stabdhakarna observed - Listen, brother. These two, Damanaka and Karataka, your servants of long standing, who are the ministers of war and peace, must not at all be appointed to supervise the treasury. I will also tell you what little I have heard on the subject of making appointments. A Brahmana, a Kshatriya and a relative should not preferably be appointed as treasury-officers. A Brahmana does not deliver up even under pressure the money though realized.
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