बार्हस्पत्य सूत्र / अर्थशास्त्र (महर्षि बृहस्पति - प्राचीन दण्डनीति, राजधर्म एवं कूटनीति सटीक)

( 12 ) who discerns the weak points of others,and who is [not ?] a man of virtue, sovereignty cannot be preserved. 37 One infatuated with the conceit of power, filled with greed and pride, loses what has been acquired. 38 Whoso, after reflecting upon his measures, enjoys himself, he achieves the highest success. 39 He must so do that by his action he is not known by the world as 'knowing what to do, bent upon profit,' or as ' a man of righteousness': 40 Like Ishvara, like Moon and Sun. 41 Counsel is the action of effecting unity of opinion on the part of persons conforming to a master's mind. 42 A councillor must speak of measures, regardless of his master's preference. 43 The fruit of policy is attainment of right, adv- antage, and plesure. 44 Pleasure and advantage are to be tested by right ; 45 Right by right ; 46 Advantage by advantage ; 47 Pleasure by pleasure ; 48 Liberation of the soul by liberation. 49 Injunction of a guru is to be executed, even when at variance with right, as the marriage of the Pândavas, Arjuna's asceticism, Vyâsa's intercourse with a widow, the begetting of Karna, Râma's punishment of a mother and so on. 40 'Like Ishvara' : his motives must be inscrutable. 49 The references are to well-known stories in the Mahabharata.