You should always determine who amongst the dependent kings is truly devoted to you, and who is loyal to you from fear, and who amongst them has faults.
के वानुरक्ताः राजानः के भयात् समुपाश्रिताः। मध्यस्थदोषाः के चैषामिति नित्यं विचिन्तयेत्॥