Ministers should be employed in noticing the shortcomings of their masters, of themselves, of the subject, and of the foes of their masters. The kingdom depends upon the counsels of policy which the ministers give, and its growth originates from the same source.
स्वासु प्रकृतिषुच्छिद्रं लक्षयेरन् परस्य च। मन्त्रिणां मन्त्रमूलं हि राज्ञो राष्ट्रं विवर्धते॥