Persons, who are humble, always ready to perform their duties, of a peaceful nature, pure in mind, adorned with various other gifts of nature, and are never spoken ill of for the offices they hold should be the intimate companions of the king.
न्यग्भूतास्तत्पराः शान्ताश्चौक्षाः प्रकृतिजैः शुभाः। स्वस्थानानपक्रुष्टा ये ते स्यू राज्ञा बहिश्चराः॥