Following this example an intelligent king should appoint servants, each fit for the office assigned to him, and exercise proper control over them, having first ascertained their qualifications of truthfulness, purity, sincerity, general disposition, knowledge of the scriptures, conduct, birth, self-control, mercy, ' strength, energy, dignity, and forgiveness.
एवं राज्ञा मतिमता विदित्वा सत्यशौचताम्। आर्जवं प्रकृतिं सत्यं श्रुतं वृत्तं कुलं दमम्॥ अनुक्रोशं बलं वीर्यं प्रभावं प्रश्रयं क्षमाम्। भृत्याये यत्र योग्याः स्युस्तत्र स्थाप्या: सुरक्षिताः॥