Shloka 7
अमात्य-गुणवर्णनम्
The Virtues of Daśaratha’s Ministers and the Order of Governance
क्रोधात्कामार्थहेतोर्वा न ब्रूयुरनृतं वच: ।तेषामविदितं किञ्चित्स्वेषु नास्ति परेषु वा ।क्रियमाणं कृतं वापि चारेणापि चिकीर्षितम् ।।।।
krodhāt kāmārtha-hetor vā na brūyur anṛtaṃ vacaḥ | teṣām aviditaṃ kiñcit sveṣu nāsti pareṣu vā | kriyamāṇaṃ kṛtaṃ vāpi cāreṇāpi cikīrṣitam ||
क्रोध से, कामना से या लाभ के हेतु से भी वे असत्य वचन नहीं बोलते थे। अपने पक्ष में हो या विपक्ष में—उनसे कुछ भी अज्ञात न रहता था: जो किया जा रहा था, जो किया जा चुका था, और जो करने का निश्चय था—यहाँ तक कि गुप्तचरों के द्वारा भी।
Either in anger or for pecuniary gains or for fulfilment of desire, they never uttered an untrue or unjust word. In the midst of their own people or among their enemies, they knew, through spies everything being done or had been done or intended to be done in future.
FAQs
Satya (truthfulness) is upheld as non-negotiable: righteous counselors do not resort to falsehood even under anger, desire, or greed.
The text is describing the ideal qualities of royal ministers—truthful speech and informed governance, including intelligence-gathering.
Integrity in speech (satya-vākya) combined with vigilant responsibility in statecraft.