By administering justice, by following these three expedients, viz., concealment of his own shortcomings, ascertainment of the loop-holes of foes, and keeping is own counsel close, as also by acting straight-forwardly, the king, O delighter of the Kurus, acquires prosperity.
आर्जवं सर्वकार्येषु श्रयेथाः कुरुनन्दन। पुनर्नयविचारेण त्रयीसंवरणेन च॥