Sutra 3
तेषां जनपदभिजनमवग्रहं चाप्ततः परीक्षेत समानविद्येभ्यः शिल्पं शास्त्रचक्षुष्मत्तां च कर्मारम्भेषु प्रज्ञां धारयिष्णुतां दाक्ष्यं च कथायोगेषु वाग्मित्वं प्रागल्भ्यं प्रतिभानवत्त्वं च संवासिभ्यः शीलबलारोग्यसत्त्वयोगमस्तम्भमचापलं च प्रत्यक्षतः सम्प्रियत्वमवैरत्वं च ॥ कZ_०१.९.०३ ॥
teṣāṃ janapadabhijanamavagrahaṃ cāptataḥ parīkṣeta samānavidyebhyaḥ śilpaṃ śāstracakṣuṣmattāṃ ca karmārambheṣu prajñāṃ dhārayiṣṇutāṃ dākṣyaṃ ca kathāyogeṣu vāgmitvaṃ prāgalbhyaṃ pratibhānavattvaṃ ca saṃvāsibhyaḥ śīlabalārogyasattvayogamastambhamacāpalaṃ ca pratyakṣataḥ sampriyatvamavairatvaṃ ca
He should examine them as follows: from trustworthy informants, their home-region and lineage standing and also any disqualifying blemish; from those trained in the same disciplines, their technical skill and capacity for reasoning through the treatises; in the initiation of tasks, their intelligence, steadiness, and practical competence; in deliberations, their eloquence, confidence, and presence of mind; from co-residents, their conduct, strength, health, and courage, along with absence of arrogance and fickleness; and by direct observation, their likeability and freedom from enmity.
FAQs
A layered, multi-source assessment: informant reports for origin/lineage and disqualifying marks; peer review for skill and śāstra-based judgment; task-start observation for intelligence and execution ability; deliberation settings for communication and presence of mind; neighborhood testimony for conduct/health/courage; and direct observation for social acceptability and absence of active enmities.
Triangulated verification (background checks + peer evaluation + performance observation) to reduce appointment risk and information asymmetry.