एतन्महापुरुषलक्षणमेतस्मिन्सर्वमस्ति ।
ततः स राजा प्रातः शिष्टसभां कृत्वा
सर्ववृत्तान्तं प्रस्तुत्य प्रसादात्तस्मै कर्णाटराज्यं ददौ ।
तत् किमागन्तुको जातिमात्राद्दुष्टः । तत्राप्युत्तमाधममध्यमाः सन्ति ।
चक्रवाको ब्रूते --
योऽकार्यं कार्यवच्छास्ति स किंमन्त्री नृपेच्छया ।
वरं स्वामिमनोदुःखं तन्नाशो न त्वकार्यतः ॥
All these characteristics of a great man are found in him. Then in the morning the king having called together a council of great men, narrated before them the whole account and bestowed on him the kingdom of Kornata, as a mark of his favour. What then, is a stranger wicked merely because of his nature (or class)? Even among these (strangers) there are those who are good, bad and middling. Chakravaka said - He is a bad minister (or is he a minister) who, having regard to the will of the king represents (recommends) what ought not to be done as proper to be done, better is the pain caused to the master's mind than his ruin brought about by his doing what is improper.
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