You should sec that the ministers of state, the pcople of the provinces, the garrisons of forts, and the forces, O foremost one of Kuru's race, are not tampered with.
तथामात्या जनपदा दुर्गाणि विविधानि च। बलानि च कुरुश्रेष्ठ भवत्येषां यथेच्छकम्॥