Shloka 17
दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity
Rājadharma
प्राज्ञा मेधाविनो दान्ता दक्षा: शूरा बहुश्रुता: । कुलीना: सत्त्वसम्पन्ना युक्ता: सर्वेषु कर्मसु
prājñā medhāvino dāntā dakṣāḥ śūrā bahuśrutāḥ | kulīnāḥ sattva-sampannā yuktāḥ sarveṣu karmasu ||
ভীষ্ম বললেন— যারা জ্ঞানী ও প্রজ্ঞাবান, ইন্দ্রিয়সংযমী, কর্মদক্ষ, বীর, বহুশ্রুত, সুকুলজাত এবং চরিত্রে দৃঢ়—তাদেরই যোগ্যতা অনুযায়ী সকল কাজে নিয়োজিত করবে।
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler or leader should assign responsibilities only to suitably qualified people—those marked by wisdom, learning, self-control, competence, courage, good conduct, and moral steadiness—so that public duties are carried out in harmony with dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous governance and practical statecraft; here he lists the virtues of men who should be appointed to various tasks and offices.