The king, with his ministers and the army perfectly loyal to him, should live in that city which is defended by a fort, which contains profuse rice and weapons, which is protected with impenetrable walls and a trench, which has a sufficient number of elephants, horses and cars, which is inhabited by learned men and well-versed in the mechanical arts, where storage of provisions of every sort has been made, whose inhabitants are virtuous and clear in business, strong-bodied and energetic and as also its animals, which has many open squares and rows of shops, where all persons are righteous, where peace reigns where no danger exists, which shines with beauty and resounds with music and songs, where the houses are all spacious, where the residents have among them many brave and rich persons, which echoes with the chanting of Vedic hymns, where festivities and rejoicings frequently take place, and where the deities are always adored.
यत्पुरं दुर्गसम्पन्नं धान्यायुधसमन्वितम्। दृढप्राकारपरिखं हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलम्॥ विद्वांसः शिल्पिनो यत्र निचयाश्च सुसंचिताः। धार्मिकश्च जनो यत्र दाक्ष्यमुत्तममास्थितः॥ ऊर्जस्विनरनागाश्वं चत्वरापणशोभितम्। प्रसिद्धव्यवहारं च प्रशान्तमकुतोभयम्॥ सुप्रभं सानुनादं च सुप्रशस्तनिवेशनम्। शूराढ्यजनसम्पन्नं ब्रह्मघोषानुनादितम्॥ समाजोत्सवसम्पन्नं सदा पूजितदैवतम्। वश्यामात्यबलो राजा तत्पुरं स्वयमाविशेत्॥