These four should be excluded from counsels even by a greatly powerful king-the learned men have said men of little sense should not be consulted-nor men who make unnecessary delays, iazy men and flatterers.
चत्वारि राज्ञा तु महाबलेन वान्याहुः पण्डितस्तानि विद्यात्। न दीर्घसूत्रै रभसैश्चारणैश्च॥