Those who are of good-birth and good behaviour, who can interpret all sings and gestures, who are shorn of cruelty, who know the requirements of place and time, who always seek the well-being of their master in all works, should be appointed as ministers by the king in all his affairs.
ते त्वां तात निषेवेयुर्याबदाईकपाणयः॥ कुलीनाशीलसम्पन्नानिङ्गितज्ञाननिष्ठुरान्। देशकालविधानज्ञान् भर्तृकार्यहितैषिणः॥ नित्यमर्थेषु सर्वेषु राजा कुर्वीत मन्त्रिणः।