You should employ only those ministers who have passed the tests of honesty, who are hereditary officers of state, possessed of pure conduct, self-controlled, expert in the discharge of business, and endued with righteous conduct.
अमात्यानुपधातीतान् पितृपैतामहाशुचीन्। दान्तान् कर्मसु पुण्यांश्च पुण्यान् सर्वेषु योजयेः॥