The twelve (enumerated above), O son of Kunti, form the principal concerns of kings. These twelve, as also the sixty, having Ministers for their foremost, should be looked after by the king.
ते च द्वादश कौन्तेय राज्ञां वै विषयात्मकाः मन्त्रिप्रधानाश्च गुणाः षष्टिादश च प्रभो॥