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That king, whose servants are all gifted with knowledge and wisdom, who always seek the well being of their master, and who are of high birth and quiet disposition, enjoys the happiness of sovereignty.

That king acquires great riches and merit whose repositories and barns are looked after by trustworthy, devoted, and uncovetous and scrupulous servants always always bent upon gathering.

O Rishi, this leopard is an enemy of the dogs, It wishes to kill me. O great sage, do you so act that all my fears from this animal may be removed through your favour. O you of mighty arms, forsooth, you are omniscient.

Bhishma said The king, O Bharata, cannot along govern his kingdom. Without servants to help him, he cannot accomplish any object. Even if he gains any object, he cannot retain it.

Thereupon the sage metamorphosed that prince of elephants into a lion. As the wild lion was an animal of the same species with him, the Rishi's lion no longer feared him. On the other hand, seeing a stronger beast of his own species before him, the wild lion became afraid.

Thereat, the dog was metamorphosed into a leopard with skin bright as gold. With stripes on his body and with huge teeth, thenceforth he began to live in that forest fearlessly.

From here arise great rivers like Gaiiga. In this holy place all rivers are sacred, all springs are sacred, all rocks are sacred.

A hermitage resorted to by Siddhas and Caranas will arise here and the spot where I remain will be known as Sailesvara.

Seeing the hungry tiger of dreadful teeth approach that forest, the leopard sought the Rishi's protection for saving his life.

Ever observing vows, the great ascetic, seeing the birds thus leave him. After having been brought up on his head, thought highly of himself, and became filled with joy.

Leaving thousands of sages, I always look after Sudras. Such are the duties of devotees in the four castes which you wished to know.

There is a man named Tuladhara highly illustrious and doing the business of buying and selling, Even he, O best of twice-born ones, is not worthy of saying such words as you say!

Filled with delight, the Sharabha continued daily to kill animals for his food. Metamorphosed into a carnivorous beast, he no longer liked fruits and roots upon which he had lived before.

It seems, therefore, that only that which the learned of old denominated righteousness is righteousness to this day; and through that course of conduct the distinctions and limitations have become eternal.

The sage, who had great affection for the leopard for its living in the same place with him, immediately transformed his leopard into a tiger powerful for all enemies.

The Rishi's elephant then, covered with the filaments of lotus, dived gladly into lakes abounding with lotuses and walked by their banks filled with rabbit holes.

Coming to him they made enquiries, and then went away to their respective habitations. One domestic animal, however, resided there permanently, never, leaving the ascetic at any time.

So much about the four castes. Xow listen to another matter relating to yoga (of attaining me).

Bhishma said The protection of all creatures is considered the highest duty of the Kshatriya. Listen now to me, o king, as to how the duty of protection to be performed.

The tiger seeing a beast of his own species did not injure him, O king. Having in course of time been metamorphosed into a powerful tiger living upon flesh and blood, the dog, abstained from his former food of fruits and roots.

Sometime after, there came into that asylum a dreadful and hungry tiger with mouth wide open. Licking the corners of his mouth with the tongue, and eagerly desirous of drinking blood, that tiger began to approach the animal that had been metamorphosed into a leopard.

Seeing the lion coming, the Rishi's elephant, from fear of life, began to tremble and sought refuge with the sage,

Licking the corners of his mouth with the tongue, and lashing his tail furiously, the leopard came there, stricken with hunger and thirst, with wide open jaws, desirous of catching the dog as his prey.

The Rishi's lion began to live in that asylumn within the forest. From fear of that animal, the other animals no longer ventured to approach the asylum. Indeed, they all seemed to be stricken with fear about the safety of their lives.

Possessed of a huge stature, and rent cheeks, and having signs of the louts of his body, and with broad frontal globes, the animal had huge tusks and a voice deep as the muttering of the clouds.

Without laying aside the rod of Punishment he should hold it with propriety. He should make all men about him act fairly. Having spies for his eyes, he should always look after the affairs of his subjects, and should be a master of all matters relating to virtue and wealth. A king, who endued with these hundred qualifications, acquires the love of all. Every king should attempt to be such. of

A king should never appoint a minister without first having examined him. If a king has about him low-born persons he can never be happy.

Creating sacrificial stakes by their willforce, they celebrate many kinds of Sacrifice with profuse presents. One who is of such a purified soul may kill a cow.

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The sage said You shall have no fear of death from leopards any longer! Let your natural from disappear and be you a leopard, O son!

Seeing that infuriate elephant, proud of his strength, approach him, the tiger, moved with fear, sought refuge with the Rishi.

That king, who always tries to win over men to himself, who is ready for work, who is rich in friends and allies, becomes the foremost of king.

Giving up (thoughts of) gain and loss, delusion and desire.

Thus, O monarch, a king may succeed in subjugating the entire Earth if he has for his ministers men endued with courage, wisdom, great learning, and high-birth.

After this, that mean, foolish, and wicked animal, transformed into a Sharabha, again for the Rishi's curse, put on his own proper form of a dog.

He should be patient, forgiving, of pure conduct, severe when necessity requires it, know the virtues of manliness, respectful towards his elder, possessed of a knowledge of the scriptures, ready to listen to the instructions and advice of competent men, capable of judging correctly from amongst the various course of action suggested to him, intelligent, of a retentive memory, ready to do what is just, self-controlled, always sweet-speeched, forgiving even to enemies, practising charity personally, possessed of faith, of lovely features, ready to help distressed persons, having ministers who always seek his wellbeing, free from egoism, never without a wife, and undisposed to do anything hastily. He should always reward his ministers when they perform anything great. He should love those who are devoted to him.

All acts that done without injuring any creature come to use both here and hereafter. Those acts, however, that injure others, destroy faith, and faith being destroyed, brings ruin on the destroyer.

Following this example an intelligent king should appoint servants, each fit for the office assigned to him, and exercise proper control over them, having first ascertained their qualifications of truthfulness, purity, sincerity, general disposition, knowledge of the scriptures, conduct, birth, self-control, mercy, ' strength, energy, dignity, and forgiveness.

Then Yudhishthira the son of Dharma burnt with rage, like the fire that burns at the end of a Yuga consuming all creatures.

The king should also, O king, seek out good warriors possessed the necessary qualifications, for helping him in protecting his kingdom. A king, who seeks his own advancement, should never disregard his army. That king, whose soldiers are brave in battle, grateful in conduct, and well-read in the scriptures, whose army consists of infantry thoroughly versed in the works on religion and duty, whose elephant-warriors are brave, whose car-warriors are skilled in their own mode of fighting and well-versed in discharging arrows and in holding other weapons, succeeds in subjugating the whole Earth.