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 ||
भीष्म ने कहा— जो विद्वान, बुद्धिमान, जितेन्द्रिय, कार्यकुशल, शूर, बहुश्रुत, कुलीन और साहस-धैर्य से सम्पन्न हों—ऐसे पुरुषों को यथायोग्य समस्त कार्यों में नियुक्त करे।
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.