Sutra 34
संपन्नाभावेऽव्यसनिनं कुमारं राजकन्यां गर्भिणीं देवीं वा पुरस् कृत्य महामात्रान् संनिपात्य ब्रूयात् अयं वो निक्षेपः पितरमस्यावेक्षध्वं सत्त्वाभिजनमात्मनश्च ध्वजमात्रोऽयं भवन्त एव स्वामिनः कथं वा क्रियतामिति ॥ कZ_०५.६.३४ ॥
saṃpannābhāve'vyasaninaṃ kumāraṃ rājakanyāṃ garbhiṇīṃ devīṃ vā puras kṛtya mahāmātrān saṃnipātya brūyāt ayaṃ vo nikṣepaḥ pitaram asyāvekṣadhvaṃ sattvābhijanam ātmanaś ca dhvajamātro'yaṃ bhavanta eva svāminaḥ kathaṃ vā kriyatām iti
十分に有能な（統治者）が得られない場合、彼は悪習のない皇太子—あるいは王女、または懐妊中の王妃—を前面に立て、重臣を招集してこう言うべきである。「これは汝らに託された預け物である。彼の父の（利益／先例）と、汝ら自身の品性と家柄とを顧みよ。彼はただの旗印にすぎない。主人は汝ら自身である—いかに行うべきか決めよ。」
FAQs
To signal that the symbolic sovereign provides legitimacy while operational control is exercised by the assembled senior officers, ensuring continuity without a power vacuum.
It frames the successor as an entrusted deposit, morally and politically binding officials to protect dynastic continuity rather than exploit the transition.