Shloka 17
दुर्ग-निवेश-राजधर्मः | Fortified Capital and the King’s Residential Polity
Rājadharma
प्राज्ञा मेधाविनो दान्ता दक्षा: शूरा बहुश्रुता: । कुलीना: सत्त्वसम्पन्ना युक्ता: सर्वेषु कर्मसु
prājñā medhāvino dāntā dakṣāḥ śūrā bahuśrutāḥ | kulīnāḥ sattva-sampannā yuktāḥ sarveṣu karmasu ||
毗湿摩说道：“凡诸职事与谋为，当量才任用：用其智慧明辨者，用其自制克己者，用其能干敏捷者，用其勇毅无惧者，用其博学多闻者，用其门第端正者，并用其品性坚贞者；使之各当其任。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
A ruler or leader should assign responsibilities only to suitably qualified people—those marked by wisdom, learning, self-control, competence, courage, good conduct, and moral steadiness—so that public duties are carried out in harmony with dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous governance and practical statecraft; here he lists the virtues of men who should be appointed to various tasks and offices.