Shloka 25
Gaṇānāṃ Vṛttiḥ — On the Sustenance and Cohesion of Assemblies
Gaṇa-nīti
गणमुख्यैस्तु सम्भूय कार्य गणहितं मिथ: । पृथग्गणस्य भिन्नस्य विततस्यथ ततो5न्यथा
gaṇamukhyais tu sambhūya kāryaṁ gaṇahitaṁ mithaḥ | pṛthag gaṇasya bhinnasya vitatasya atha tato 'nyathā ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໃຫ້ຜູ້ນໍາຂອງສະມາຄົມ ແລະສະພາມາຊຸມນຸມກັນ ແລະປຶກສາກັນດ້ວຍຄວາມເຫັນພ້ອມ ເພື່ອດໍາເນີນການທີ່ເປັນປະໂຫຍດແກ່ສ່ວນຮວມ. ແຕ່ເມື່ອຮ່າງກາຍຂອງກຸ່ມແຕກແຍກ ສະມາຊິກແຍກອອກແລະກະຈາຍໄປ ວຽກດຽວກັນນັ້ນຕ້ອງຈັດການແບບອື່ນ; ເພາະຄວາມສາມັກຄີແມ່ນເງື່ອນໄຂຂອງສຸກປະໂຫຍດຮ່ວມ».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Public welfare is best achieved through unified deliberation among responsible leaders; when a community fractures and disperses, governance and decision-making must adapt, because common action depends on cohesion.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and polity. Here he advises how leaders of corporate bodies (gaṇas) should assemble to decide matters for the common good, and how strategy changes when the group is divided.