Sutra 2

Devanagari script

पितृपैतामहं सम्बन्धानुबद्धं शिक्षितमनुरक्तं कृतकर्माणं च जनमासन्नं कुर्वीत नान्यतोदेशीयमकृतार्थमानं स्वदेशीयं वाप्यपकृत्योपगृहीतम् ॥ कZ_०१.२१.०२ ॥

Transliteration

pitṛpaitāmahaṃ sambandhānubaddhaṃ śikṣitamanuraktaṃ kṛtakarmāṇaṃ ca janamāsannaṃ kurvīta nānyatodeśīyamakṛtārthamānaṃ svadeśīyaṃ vāpyapakṛtyopagṛhītam

Translation

पितृपैतामहसम्बन्धानुबद्धं शिक्षितमनुरक्तं कृतकर्माणं च जनमासन्नं कुर्वीत; नान्यतोदेशीयमकृतार्थमानं, स्वदेशीयं वाप्यपकृत्योपगृहीतम्।

Word by Word

पितृपैतामहम्(connected with) father and grandfather (i.e., hereditary/ancestral)

सम्बन्धानुबद्धम्bound/attached by relationship (ties)

शिक्षितम्trained, educated

अनुरक्तम्attached, loyal, devoted

कृतकर्माणम्one who has performed (his) work; proven by action

चand

जनम्a person/people (personnel)

आसन्नम्near, close at hand

कुर्वीतshould make/should keep (near)

नnot

अन्यतःदेशीयम्one belonging to another country/region

अकृतार्थमानम्one whose aims are unfulfilled; dissatisfied

स्वदेशीयम्one belonging to one’s own country (native)

वाor

अपकृत्यhaving harmed; after wrongdoing

उपगृहीतम्taken in, accepted, received (back)

Entities Mentioned

trusted hereditary retainers

outsiders

co-opted offenders

FAQs

What is the key staffing principle in this verse?

Proximity to the ruler should be limited to trained and proven loyalists; opportunistic outsiders and compromised insiders are treated as high risk.