Yudhishthira said How, O king, may a kingdom be firmly established, and how should it be protected? I wish to know this. Tell me all this, O foremost of Bharata's race.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच राष्ट्रगुप्तिं च मे राजन् राष्ट्रस्यैव तु संग्रहम्। सम्यग्जिज्ञासमानाय प्रब्रूहि भरतर्षभ॥