Hitopdesh • Chapter 4 • Shloka 131
ईदृशि प्रस्तावेऽमात्यास्तावदवश्यमेव पुरस्कर्तव्याः । तथा चोक्तम् --
यो येन प्रतिबद्धः स्यात्सह तेनोदयी व्ययी ।
स विश्वस्तो नियोक्तव्यः प्राणेषु च धनेषु च ॥
On such an occasion, the ministers themselves, must, of necessity, be treated with marks of distinction. Says the precept - He whose fortune is bound up with one's own, and who rises or falls along with one - him, a trusty person, one (a king) should appoint to guard his body (lit. life) and the treasury.
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