Appointment of minister and other officers

The first duty of a king is to appoint minister and other officers to carry out the administration of the kingdom properly. It is difficult to do small things without someone’s help and big things like state governance need help. This is why the king needs to employ such people as those who are born in a good family, brave, born in a high caste, handsome, gentlemanly, forgiving, hard-working, enthusiastic, religious, beloved, proverbial, master-loving and aspiring. Again the king has to deliberately divide some of the work among some poor knowledge people.

Various officers were appointed with proper qualification (MP-215/27).

Colonel (Senāpati):

The king appoints one as a colonel who born in a good family, polite, good in archery, good in elephant and horse education, soft spoken, expert in various good and bad knowledge, knowledgeable in medicine, grateful, good among the brave, hard-working, simple knowledgeable about the technique of composition (MP-215/8-10).

Resisters (Pratihāri):

People with high shoulders, beautiful, efficient, affectionate, serious and attracting everyone’s attention should be recruited as resisters (MP-215/11).

Envoy (Dūta):

He who is truthful, proficient in the vernacular, capable, tolerant, orator, who has the intellect to speak about the division of time and to speak at the right time, deserves to be the king’s envoy (MP-215/12, 13).

Bodyguard (Angarakṣaka):

He also is long shouldered, low sleeping, brave, patient, hard-working and benevolent eligible for the position of king’s bodyguard (MP-215/13, 14).

Tāmbuldhāri:

A man or a woman who is not inspired by the words of others, but is not of a naughty nature, but has a deep love, faith and devotion to the king, may also be a Tāmbuldhāri (MP-215/15).

Sandhi-Virāhika:

The six qualities of the king’s Sandhi-Vigrahika that are well known and the person who is proficient in the vernacular can be the king’s Sandhi-Vigrahika (MP–215/16).

Patriot (Deshrakṣaka):

A worthy person who knows all the deeds done and done by servants, who knows the accounts of income and expenditure and who knows all the news of the country can be appointed as apatriot (MP–215/17).

Sword-wielding (Khadgadhāri):

The handsome, the long shouldered, the state devotee, the aristocrat, the knight, the hard-hearted should be sword wielding (MP-215/18).

Archer (Dhanurdhāri):

The brave, the strong, the elephant–horse–chariot expert, the helper of all kinds of hardships, the holy man will be the king’s archer (MP–215/19).

Charioteer (Sārathi):

One, who have knowledge with good or bad, expert in horse education, who knows the Āyurvedic education of horses, steady vision, beloved warrior, learned man deserves to be the charioteer of the king (MP-215/20, 21).

Supervisor of food (Bhojanādhyakṣa):

Not listening to the words of others, holy, elderly, knows about medicine that a person who is expert in the knowledge of food can be the supervisor of food of the king (MP-215/22).

Culinary Staff:

Those who cut their nails and hair short, are experts in cooking, belong to the lineage, and that are impenetrable should be employed in the kitchen (MP-215/23).

Dharmādhyakṣa:

Enemy and friend are the same the all to whom, Dharmaśāstra expert, Kulina, the best Brahmin such a person is qualified to be king’s Dharmādhyakṣa (MP-215/24).

Author:

He who knows the language of all the countries and is an expert in all the scriptures will be appointed as the author of the king. It is also advisable for the author to have some more qualities such as–he should be proficient in sentences with means, he should have the ability to explain much in a few words etc. (MP-215/27).

Gatekeeper (Dvārapāla):

A tall, unselfish and generous person who can understand the feelings of others by using them should be appointed as a gatekeeper (MP-215/29, 30).

Treasurer (Dhanādhyakṣa):

The tester of iron, clothes, deer skin, and gems, who knows about bad and good things, does not listen to the words of others, a pious, skillful and careful person needs to be made the treasurer of the king (MP-215/31, 32).

Doctor (Vaidya):

A person who is in family lineage, proficient in the treatment of the eight limbs, a devotee of the master, a pious person and born in an honest family should make him the king’s physician or Vaidya (MP-215/34).

Gajādhyakṣa:

He who knows all the customs of the wild tribes, who is skilled in elephant education, tolerant and capable, should be appointed as a Gajādhyakṣa of the king (MP-215/36).

Aśvādhyakṣa:

A person who is proficient in horse education, expert in horse medicine and sitting in a stable seat can be the best chaplain or Aśvādhyakṣa of the king (MP-215/38).

Durgādhyakṣa:

A person who is devoted, valiant, intelligent, noble and ready for all tasks is eligible for the post of Durgādhyakṣa of the king (MP215/39).

Craftsman:

An ecologist, a spontaneous, hardworking, long-sighted and brave person can be the best craftsman (MP-215/40).

Armament (Aṣṭācarya):

A personwho is an expert in all types of weapons, skilled in handling weapons and carefree can be the best armament (MP-215/41).

Antahpura Adhyakṣa:

He who is old, born in an honest family, sweet spoken, pious and humble from the time of his father and grandfathers, needs to be made the principal of the king’s Antahpura or Antahpura Adhyakṣa (MP-215/42).

Spy (Dūta):

The most notable character of the monarchy that informs the king about the country and abroad is the spy. The king is also called four-eyed or ‘Cāracakṣu ’ because of his spy. This spy also has certain qualification–he will be knowledgeable enough about his own country or the other’s. he will be skillful, unselfish, tolerant, as if the general public does not know him, simple visible, he will be disguised (MP-215/91, 92).