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CĀŅAKYA-RĀJA-NĪTI
 

 
Other Duties
 

 
81. The king should protect in accordance with

.Arthaśāstra.
 

 
82-4. The king should preserve self-control and

should remain unaffected in prosperity and adversity.
 

 
85-7. The king should be gentle, truthful and

well-disposed towards his servants, subjects and

Brāhmaṇa-s and not be fickle in his dealings.
 

 
88-90. The king should have contacts only with

good and not with bad men.
 

 
91. The king should distinguish friend from

foe; an indifferent person from a neutral; an old man
from a teacher.
 

from a teacher.
 
92. The king should move about in his kingdom;

only then will he be esteemed.
 

 
93. The king should not be stingy.
 

 
94. The king should not devote himself to amuse-

ment and pleasure.
 

 
95. The king should not be addicted to dice,

hunting, women, drink, aimless wandering, or sleep.

96. The king should not change the established

law by argument.
 

 
97. The king who is pleasure-seeking, proud of his

wealth and subordinates could easily be conquered by
his enemies.
 

his enemies.
 
98. The king should not be contented.
 

 
Governing the Kingdom
 

 
99. The king rules by punishment (daṇḍa).