Shloka 18
Śaṅkha–Likhita Upākhyāna: Daṇḍa, Confession, and the Purification of Kingship (शङ्ख-लिखितोपाख्यानम्)
व्यवहारेषु धर्मेषु योक्तव्याश्व॒ बहुशुता: । (प्रमाणज्ञा महीपाल न्यायशास्त्रावलम्बिन: । वेदार्थतत्त्वविद् राज॑स्तर्कशास्त्रबहुश्रुता: ।।
vyavahāreṣu dharmeṣu yoktavyāś ca bahuśrutāḥ | pramāṇajñā mahīpāla nyāyaśāstrāvalambinaḥ | vedārthatattvavido rājas tarkaśāstrabahuśrutāḥ || mantre ca vyavahāre ca niyoktavyā vijānatā | guṇayukte 'pi naikasmin viśvaset vicakṣaṇaḥ ||
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。法とダルマの事において、王は博学の者を任用すべきである――正当な証明の手段を知り、法理の学に拠り、ヴェーダの真の趣旨を把握し、論理に熟達した者たちを。見識ある統治者は、そのような知者を、謀議にも政務にも用いるべきである。たとえ一人の人物が多くの徳を備えているように見えても、賢者は一人だけに全幅の信頼を寄せてはならない。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler should staff counsel and administration with broadly educated experts—skilled in standards of proof, jurisprudence, Vedic meaning, and disciplined reasoning—and should avoid concentrating trust and authority in a single individual, however virtuous.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous governance, Vaiśampāyana relays counsel directed to a king: how to choose qualified advisers and officials for legal and administrative work, emphasizing expertise and prudent distribution of trust.