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 ||
毗湿摩波罗衍那（Vaiśampāyana）说道：在法律与达摩之事上，国王应任用博学多闻之士——通晓正当的证成之道，依凭法理之学，洞察吠陀真实旨趣，并精于推理辩证者。明断的君主当使此等智者既参预谋议，亦掌理政务。纵使某一人看似德行兼备，智者亦不应将全部信任尽系于一人之身。
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.