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 ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໃນເລື່ອງກົດໝາຍ ແລະ ທຳມະ ພະມະຫາກະສັດຄວນແຕ່ງຕັ້ງຜູ້ຮູ້ກວ້າງຂວາງ—ຜູ້ຮູ້ຈັກຫຼັກພິສູດອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ ຜູ້ອາໄສນິຕິສາດ ຜູ້ເຂົ້າໃຈແກ່ນແທ້ແຫ່ງເວດ ແລະ ຜູ້ຝຶກຝົນດີໃນຕັກກະ. ຜູ້ປົກຄອງຜູ້ມີປັນຍາຄວນໃຊ້ຄົນຮູ້ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນທັງໃນການປຶກສາ ແລະ ໃນການບໍລິຫານ. ແລະ ເຖິງແມ່ນຄົນຜູ້ດຽວຈະເບິ່ງຄືມີຄຸນຄ່າຫຼາຍ ຄົນສະຫລາດກໍບໍ່ຄວນຝາກຄວາມໄວ້ໃຈທັງໝົດໄວ້ກັບຄົນຜູ້ດຽວ.
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.