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THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POLICIES OF THE KING
Dhanapāla has laid more emphasis on the importance of the secret agents (Sattrins) in the way of working of the affairs of the kingdom (rājanītih) where in they take to all types of risks in finding out the seditious and loyal elements among the subjects as also do they take to the task of understanding the sources of income and expenditure including misappropriation and embezzlement which effect the economy of the country. This point is further reflected in the righteous way of life being lived by his subjects who never violated the traditions set by the ruler (of Ayodhyā) and were never exposed to the punishment of being exiled (on account of violating the law of the land); no confiscation of their properties was effected; no spite was seen on finding a friend taking to prosperity; the exchequer of the country never suffered exhaustion; etc.?
Dhanapāla has also illustrated the ideal of rendering the quarters free from thorns on the analogy of 'Kantakaśodhanba' of Kautilya' in order to keep the glory of the king travelling on without any obstacles. He also establishes the ideal of accumulating huge treasury, subjugating the subsidiary vassals, keeping the circle of ministers under his guard and maintaining his forts through royal guards and then and only then a king could keep his home safe from the internal insurgencies and outward revolts.
A king was required to uproot his enemies and become free from fears of foreign invasions which could be done only if he made himself immune from all internal liabilities by keeping the status of orders of society and stages of life well within its normal course.
As a supreme lord of the material set up a king was required to keep the spheres of Dharma, Artha and Kāma within their precise limits so that none of them infringed upon the limits of one or the other or else he would face restlessness and imbalance in the proper working of the state's affairs giving rise thereby to his censure of being inefficient in handling the internal
1. Tomtaka afauferhaafatef TM Vol. I p. 55. 2. यस्यां च वीथिगृहाणां राजपथातिक्रम: दोलाक्रीडासु दिगन्तरयात्रा, कुमुदखण्डानां राज्ञा सर्वस्वापहरणम,
अनङ्गमार्गणानां मर्मघट्टनव्यसनम्, वैष्णवानां कृष्णवर्त्मनि प्रवेशः, सूर्योपलानां मित्रोदये ज्वलनम्, वैशेषिकमते
care se refira TM Vol. I pp. 57-58. 3. KAŚ IV Vol. I pp. 129-150. 4. A: Tayariya
F T: 054: TM Vol. I p. 71. 5. उपार्जितप्रभूतकोशं वशीकृतसमस्तसामन्तमायत्तमन्त्रिमण्डलमुपगृहीतमित्रवर्गमाप्तपुरुषाधिष्ठितदुर्गं समग्रमपि राज्यम्
TM Vol. I p. 71. 6. F UGIR CERT Fanayic:, TautargenauiSTAR aftfa:, TM Vol. I p. 71.
