OF THE ANCIENT HINDUS. 



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343. Disanaya vyayam kuryat nrpo nityani na canyatha. 



344. Dharmanitivihina ye durbala api vai nrpah, 

 sudharmabalayugrajna dandyaste cauravat sada. 



345. Sarvadharmavanat nicanrpo'pi sresthatam iyat 

 uttamo'pi nrpo dharnianasanat nicatam iyat. 



346. Dharmadharmapravrttau tu nrpa eva hi karanam 

 sa hi sresthatamo loke nrpatvam yah samapnuyat. 



347. Manvadyairadrto yo'rthah tadartho Bhargavena vai, 

 dvavimsatisatani sloka nitisare prakirtitah. 



348. Sukroktanitisaram yah eintayet anisam sada 

 vyavaharadhuram vodhum sa sakto nrpatirbhavet. 



349. Na kaveh sadrsi nitih trisu lokesu vidyate 

 kavyaiva nitiranya tu kumtirvyavaharinam, 



343. A king should always spend in this manner, not otherwise. 



344. Those kings who are surely deficient in righteousness and 



good behaviour, and are also weak, should be punished 

 by a strong and righteous king, like thieves. 



345. A lowbred king even may obtain excellence by the 



protection of righteousness, while a king of the 

 highest caste may be ruined through the suppression 

 of righteousness. 



346. A king is surely the cause for the prevalence of right and 



wrong ; he who obtains kingship is surely the very 

 best in the world. 



347. This matter concerning wordly prosperity which was 



respected by Manu and others was also surely respected 

 by Bhargava ; 2,200 double verses are told in his 

 essence of polity. 



348. He who would always consider the essence of polity Excel- 



spoken by Sukra, may become a king capable of bear- ^J^?* 

 ing the burden of administration. polity. 



349. Such a polity as that of the Poet (Sukra) is not known in 



the three worlds. The Polity (propounded) by the 

 Poet is (good) polity, any other polity among men is 

 bad policy. 



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