Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a KingText 2.100.54
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Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 100: Rāma Instructs Bharata About the Duties of a King
Text 2.100.54
कच्चित्सर्वाणि दुर्गाणि धनधान्यायुधोदकैः।
यन्त्रैश्च परिपूर्णानि तथा शिल्पिधनुर्धरैः॥
kaccic sarvāṇi durgāṇi dhana-dhānyāyudhodakaiḥ
yantraiś ca paripūrṇāni tathā śilpi-dhanurdharaiḥ
kaccit = are; sarvāṇi = all; durgāṇi = the inaccessible areas; dhana-dhānya-āyudha-udakaiḥ = with wealth, grains, weapons, water; yantraiḥ ca = machines; paripūrṇāni = adequately provided; tathā śilpi-dhanurdharaiḥ = artisans and archers.
Are all the inaccessible areas adequately provided with wealth, grains, weapons, water, machines, artisans and archers?
1 Kāmandaka was a follower of Cāṇakya Paṇḍita. He wrote a famous book named Nīti-sāra, a versified summary study of Cāṇakya’s Artha-śāstra.
According to Kāmandaka, the inaccessible areas are regions that are watery, mountainous, [overgrown] with trees, saline lands and deserts 15.1