reconciliation, gift (of wealth) producing disunion, and application of
force? O monarch, goest thou out against thy enemies, having first
strengthened thy own kingdom? And having gone out against them, exertest
thou to the utmost to obtain victory over them? And having conquered them,
seekest thou to protect them with care? Are thy army consisting of four
kinds of forces, viz., the regular troops, the allies, the mercenaries,
and the irregulars, each furnished with the eight ingredients, viz., cars,
elephants, horses, offices, infantry, camp-followers, spies possessing a
thorough knowledge of the country, and ensigns led out against thy enemies
after having been well trained by superior officers? O oppressor of all
foes, O great king, I hope thou slayest thy foes without regarding their
seasons of reaping and of famine? O king, I hope thy servants and agents
in thy own kingdom and in the kingdoms of thy foes continue to look after
their respective duties and to protect one another. O monarch, I hope
trusted servants have been employed by thee to look after thy food, the
robes thou wearest and the perfumes thou usest. I hope, O king, thy
treasury, barns, stables arsenals, and women's apartments, are all
protected by servants devoted to thee and ever seeking thy welfare. I
hope, O monarch, thou protectest first thyself from thy domestic and
public servants, then from those servants of thy relatives and from one
another. Do thy servants, O king, ever speak to thee in the forenoon
regarding thy extravagant expenditure in respect of thy drinks, sports,
and women? Is thy expenditure always covered by a fourth, a third or a
half of thy income? Cherishest thou always, with food and wealth,
relatives, superiors, merchants, the aged, and other proteges, and the
distressed? Do the accountants and clerks employed by thee in looking
after thy income and expenditure, always appraise thee every day in the
forenoon of thy income and expenditure? Dismissest thou without fault
servants accomplished in business and popular and devoted to thy welfare?
O Bharata, dost thou employ superior, indifferent, and low men, after