Sutra 34
संपन्नाभावेऽव्यसनिनं कुमारं राजकन्यां गर्भिणीं देवीं वा पुरस् कृत्य महामात्रान् संनिपात्य ब्रूयात् अयं वो निक्षेपः पितरमस्यावेक्षध्वं सत्त्वाभिजनमात्मनश्च ध्वजमात्रोऽयं भवन्त एव स्वामिनः कथं वा क्रियतामिति ॥ कZ_०५.६.३४ ॥
saṃpannābhāve'vyasaninaṃ kumāraṃ rājakanyāṃ garbhiṇīṃ devīṃ vā puras kṛtya mahāmātrān saṃnipātya brūyāt ayaṃ vo nikṣepaḥ pitaram asyāvekṣadhvaṃ sattvābhijanam ātmanaś ca dhvajamātro'yaṃ bhavanta eva svāminaḥ kathaṃ vā kriyatām iti
当没有完全胜任的（统治者）可用时，应将一位无恶习的嗣子置于前台——或王女，或怀孕的王后——并召集重臣，说：“这是托付给你们的信托之物；当顾及其父之（利益/先例），也当顾及你们自身的品行与门第。他不过是旗帜之标记；真正的主人是你们——决定应当如何办理。”
FAQs
To signal that the symbolic sovereign provides legitimacy while operational control is exercised by the assembled senior officers, ensuring continuity without a power vacuum.
It frames the successor as an entrusted deposit, morally and politically binding officials to protect dynastic continuity rather than exploit the transition.