Valmiki Ramayana 2.100.25: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 100, Shloka 25
शततमः सर्गः — Rāma Questions Bharata on Rājadharma
Governance, Counsel, and Public Welfare
कच्चिन्मुख्या महात्स्वेव मध्यमेषु च मध्यमाः।जघन्याश्च जघन्येषु भृत्याः कर्मसु योजिताः।।।।
kaccin mukhyā mahatsv eva madhyameṣu ca madhyamāḥ | jaghanyāś ca jaghanyeṣu bhṛtyāḥ karmasu yojitāḥ ||
നീ സേവകരെ പ്രവർത്തിയനുസരിച്ച് യഥോചിതമായി നിയോഗിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടാകുമെന്നു ഞാൻ ആശിക്കുന്നു: ഏറ്റവും കഴിവുള്ളവരെ മഹത്തായ കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ, മദ്ധ്യമരെ മദ്ധ്യമ ചുമതലകളിൽ, കുറഞ്ഞവരെ താഴ്ന്ന ജോലികളിൽ.
I hope you have employed highly competent servants for important tasks, mediocre servants in mediocre tasks and low people in inferior tasks.
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Dharma in administration is fairness and fitness-for-role: assigning responsibilities according to capability prevents injustice, waste, and harm to the public.
Rāma questions Bharata about practical governance—whether he matches personnel to tasks in a rational hierarchy.
Organizational discernment and justice: rewarding competence with responsibility while safeguarding critical tasks from unfit hands.
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