Sutra 8
मन्त्रो मन्त्रफलावाप्तिः कर्मानुष्ठानमायव्ययकर्म दण्डप्रणयनममित्राटवीप्रतिषेधो राज्यरक्षणं व्यसनप्रतीकारः कुमाररक्षणमभिषेकश्च कुमाराणामायत्तममात्येषु ॥ कZ_०८.१.०८ ॥
mantro mantraphalāvāptiḥ karmānuṣṭhānam āyavyayakarma daṇḍapraṇayanam amitrāṭavīpratiṣedho rājyarakṣaṇaṃ vyasanapratīkāraḥ kumārarakṣaṇam abhiṣekaś ca kumārāṇām āyattam amātyeṣu
Nasihat, memperoleh hasil nasihat, pelaksanaan kerja, pentadbiran hasil dan perbelanjaan, penguatkuasaan hukuman, penindasan musuh serta ancaman hutan/suku, perlindungan negeri, langkah balas ketika malapetaka, perlindungan para putera, dan upacara penobatan para putera—semuanya terutama bergantung pada para menteri.
FAQs
State capacity: strategy, budgeting, enforcement, security, crisis response, and succession management are institutional functions delivered through a professional administrative core.
Succession is a security problem: ministers manage protection, legitimacy-ritual logistics, and elite coordination to prevent coups or fragmentation.