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Line 48: − + + + + − * Ministers who are unyielding to bribery and other temptations, holding positions hereditarily and who are full of integrity and eminence should be appointed in matters of great importance.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":12" /><blockquote>कच्चिन् मुख्या महत्सु एव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः | जघन्याः च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः || २-१००-२५<ref name=":12" />+ − अमात्यान् उपधातीतान् पितृपैतामहान् शुचीन् | श्रेष्ठान् श्रेष्ठेषु कच्चित् त्वं नियोजयसि कर्मसु || २-१००-२६<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>With respect to appointment of ambassadors, Rama suggests that a knowledgeable person living in one's own country, who is wise, skilled, endowed with presence of mind and reports exactly what is spoken to him must be chosen as an ambassador.<blockquote>कच्चिज्जानपदो विद्वान् दक्षिणः प्रतिभानवान् | यथोक्तवादी दूतः ते कृतो भरत पण्डितः || २-१००-३५<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>+ − * Spies+ − Do you get to know throught three spies, each unacquainted with each other, about the eighteen* functionaries of the enemies and the fifteen functionaries of your own side?<blockquote>कच्चिद् अष्टादशान्य् एषु स्व पक्षे दश पन्च च | त्रिभिः त्रिभिर् अविज्नातैर् वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः || २-१००-३६</blockquote>They are: 1)the chief minister; 2) the king's family priest; 3)the crown prince; 4)the leader of the army; 5) the chief warder; 6) the chamberlain (antaHpuraaH adhyaksha); 7)the superintendent of gails (kaaraagaara adhyaksha); 8) the chancellor of the exchequer; 9)the herald; 10)the government advocate; 11) the judge; 12)the assessor; 13) the officer disbursing salaries to army men; 14) the officer drawing money from the state exchequer to disburse the workmen's wages; 15) the superintended of public works; 16) the protector of the borders of a kingdom, who also performed the duties of a forester; 17) the magistrate; 18) the officer entrusted with conservation of waters; hills, forests and tracts difficult of access.: The fifteen functionaries of one's own side are the last fifteen of this very list, omitting the first three; viz; the chief ministers, the family priest and the crown prince.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Good Governance in Ramayana (रामायणे शासनधर्मः) (view source)
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=== निर्वाहकगणनियोजनम् ॥ Delegation ===
=== निर्वाहकगणनियोजनम् ॥ Delegation ===
Rama's suggestions regarding delegation of tasks and appointments are as follows:
Rama's suggestions regarding delegation of tasks and appointments are as follows: <blockquote>कच्चिन् मुख्या महत्सु एव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः | जघन्याः च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः || २-१००-२५<ref name=":12" />
अमात्यान् उपधातीतान् पितृपैतामहान् शुचीन् | श्रेष्ठान् श्रेष्ठेषु कच्चित् त्वं नियोजयसि कर्मसु || २-१००-२६<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>Meaning:
* Highly competent servants should be assigned with important tasks, mediocre servants with mediocre tasks and people with low competency should be assigned subservient tasks.
* Highly competent servants should be assigned with important tasks, mediocre servants with mediocre tasks and people with low competency should be assigned subservient tasks.
* Ministers who are unyielding to bribery and other temptations, holding positions hereditarily and who are full of integrity and eminence should be appointed in matters of great importance.<ref name=":14" /><ref name=":12" />
With respect to appointment of ambassadors, Rama suggests that a knowledgeable person living in one's own country, who is wise, skilled, endowed with presence of mind and reports exactly what is spoken to him must be chosen as an ambassador.<blockquote>कच्चिज्जानपदो विद्वान् दक्षिणः प्रतिभानवान् | यथोक्तवादी दूतः ते कृतो भरत पण्डितः || २-१००-३५<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>Rama mentions delegating 3 spies each, who are unrecognisable and unacquainted with each other, to watch over the 18 categories of officials in the enemy kingdom and 15 categories of officials in his own.<blockquote>कच्चिद् अष्टादशान्येषु स्वपक्षे दश पञ्च च | त्रिभिः त्रिभिरविज्ञातैर्वेत्सि तीर्थानि चारकैः || २-१००-३६<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":14" /></blockquote>The 18 categories of officials mentioned here are:
1)the chief minister;
2) the king's family priest;
3)the crown prince;
4)the leader of the army;
5) the chief warder;
6) the chamberlain (antaHpuraaH adhyaksha);
7)the superintendent of jails (kaaraagaara adhyaksha);
8) the chancellor of the exchequer;
9)the herald;
10)the government advocate;
11) the judge;
12)the assessor;
13) the officer disbursing salaries to army men;
14) the officer drawing money from the state exchequer to disburse the workmen's wages;
15) the superintended of public works;
16) the protector of the borders of a kingdom, who also performed the duties of a forester;
17) the magistrate;
18) the officer entrusted with conservation of waters; hills, forests and tracts difficult of access.:
The fifteen functionaries of one's own side are the last fifteen of this very list, omitting the first three; viz; the chief ministers, the family priest and the crown prince.
=== सैन्यव्यवहारः ॥ Army Proceedings ===
=== सैन्यव्यवहारः ॥ Army Proceedings ===