Sutra 8
मन्त्रो मन्त्रफलावाप्तिः कर्मानुष्ठानमायव्ययकर्म दण्डप्रणयनममित्राटवीप्रतिषेधो राज्यरक्षणं व्यसनप्रतीकारः कुमाररक्षणमभिषेकश्च कुमाराणामायत्तममात्येषु ॥ कZ_०८.१.०८ ॥
mantro mantraphalāvāptiḥ karmānuṣṭhānam āyavyayakarma daṇḍapraṇayanam amitrāṭavīpratiṣedho rājyarakṣaṇaṃ vyasanapratīkāraḥ kumārarakṣaṇam abhiṣekaś ca kumārāṇām āyattam amātyeṣu
助言、助言の成果の獲得、諸事業の遂行、歳入歳出の管理、刑罰の執行、敵および森林・部族の脅威の鎮圧、国の防衛、災厄への対策、王子の保護、そして王子たちの灌頂（即位）—これらは主として大臣に依存する。
FAQs
State capacity: strategy, budgeting, enforcement, security, crisis response, and succession management are institutional functions delivered through a professional administrative core.
Succession is a security problem: ministers manage protection, legitimacy-ritual logistics, and elite coordination to prevent coups or fragmentation.