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Dear srivaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

My sincere apologies to all of you, for the delay in continuing this topic, as 
I away on official commitments, besides other pressures in the seat. Continuing 
the topic of "good governance- raamaa's style", we saw in post 10, the points 
on how the king must act 'in time'. 

In this post, we will see how the portfolio of defence of the country is to be 
managed.
Defence and the chief commandant: 

kachchid dhrushtascha soorascha dhruthimaan mathimaan suchi: | 
kuleena: cha anuraktha: cha daksha: sEnaapathi: krutha: || 2- 100 - 30
[ayOdhyaa kaaNdam 100th sargam slokam 30]

sEnaapathi: = the chief commandment [general or field marshall as per modern 
day's designations]
dhrushta: cha = one who has self satisfaction, 
soora: cha = one who is valiant
dhruthimaan = who does not give up easily, 
mathimaan = highly intelectual
suchi: = clean
kuleena: cha = born of a good lineage
anuraktha: cha = who is loyal
daksha: = who has initiative on own
kachchid krutha: = has been appointed 

meaning: Raama asks bharatha when they met in the forest - dear bharatha, have 
you appointed a person as the chief of the army [or general or field marshal of 
the army as present day designations are given], 
*       who has self satisfaction, 
*       valiant, 
*       who has the tendency to strive and not give up easily in difficult 
situations, 
*       highly intellectual and sharp, 
*       has a clean hand, 
*       comes from good lineage, 
*       who is loyal to the king 
*       has self intitative to tackle situations.  

Point: The chief, if he is fulfilling all these requirements for a king, that 
king's position is very good from the point of defense preparedness. A loyal, 
and clever, self initiative person as chief of army will be an asset to the 
king. Not only that he will like to have persons of similar calibre as his 
assistants. So the army becomes a sound one.

Further, when opportunity arises, the king also recognises the talent of the 
army personnel. Recognition by the top management is an important motivator for 
higher achievements in any field, as the modern day management experts say. See 
here, raama puts across in simple terms, about this recognition by way of 
conferring honours on the army commandants. 

balavantha: cha kachchith thE mukhyaa: yudhDha visaaradhaa:  | 
dhrushtaapadhaanaa vikraanthaasthvayaa sathkruthya maanithaa: || 2-100- 31

thE mukhyaa: = your commandants
balavantha: cha = mighty
yuddha visaaradhaa: = clever in war strategies 
dhrushta apadhaanaa = known for their clean character
vikraanthaa: =ever victorious
thvayaa sathkruthya = appointed by you
kachchith maanithaa: = honoured 

meaning: raamaa continues to ask bharathaa - hey bharathaa - have you honoured 
your important army commandants, who are clever in war strategies, victorious 
in war, clean in their habits etc. 

Point: When the chief officer [general] and the commandants are good and 
capable what is the country's position in its defense is nicely spelt here in 
these two slOkams.

yOdhDhaanaam agni kalpaanaam pEsalaanaam amarsheeNaam |
sampoorNaa krutha vidhyaanaam guhaa kEsariNaam iva || 1-6-21

yOdhDhaanaam = warriors 
agni kalpaanaam = firebrand 
pEsalaanaam = skilful
amarsheeNaam = un-insulted 
sampoorNaam = full of
krutha vidhyanaam = practicing, their studies 
guhaa = cave
kEsareeNaam iva = lions, like.

Meaning: With its firebrand warriors, skillful and un-insulted, and full with 
the practitioners of their studies [in archery, chariot-wars, swordplay etc] 
and thus that Ayodhya with its capable army, is like a cave of lions. [1-6-21]

saa thEna ikshvaaku naathEna puree suparirakshithaa |
yathaa purasthaath manunaa maanavEndhrENa dheemathaa || 1-6-20

saa puree = that city 
thEna ikshwaku naathEna = by that ikshwaaku clan lord 
su pari rakshithaa = very well protected 
yatha = like 
purasthaath = earlier 
manunaa = by Manu 
maanava indhrENa = lord of mankind 
dheemathaa = the wise king

Meaning: That city is well protected by that Lord from ikshwaaku dynasty 
[namely dhasarathaa] like manu, the Lord of Mankind, in earlier times. And that 
wise king dhasarathhaa, [ruled from that city his kOsala kingdom]. [1-6-20]

Next Point: The kings and people of other country are to be treated well, even 
after they were defeated in the war. This was done by the victorious king 
dhasarathha. 

This point gives the insight into the good management of the victor that once 
war is over, the enmity due to which the war was fought is forgotten. The 
victor wins over the people of the other country as well the vanquished king, 
so that all become friends admiring each other. 
How the enemies can become friends - by seeing the good management of the 
defeated people and the victorious king's sincerety to the people at large. 
These vanquished kings become friends and the people of the country also hail 
the victorious king for his good governance. See slokam 

balavaan nihatha amithrO mithravaan vijitha indhriya: |
dhanai: cha sanchayai: cha anyai: sakra vaisravaNa upama: || 1-6-3
[baala kaaNdam sargam 6 slokam 3]

balavaan nihatha amithra: = the mighty one [dhasaratha] eradicated the 
unfriendly ones [enemies]
mithravaan = now has many friends
vijitha indhriya: = who verily conquered the senses 
dhanai: cha sanchayai: cha anyai: = with wealth accumulations and others 
sakra: vaisravaNa: upama: = similar to indhra and kubera.

Meaning: Mighty is that emperor dasarathha with all his enemies eradicated, 
nevertheless many are his friends, [vanquished became friends because of the 
like-mindedness]. Verily conquered are dhasarathaa's senses. With wealth, 
accumulations and with other [possessions,] he is similar to Lord Indra [in 
ruling the kingdom and] Lord Kubera [in wealth on this earth.] [1-6-3]

Now a point on the preparedness on refugees and deserters: 
Once these returnees or people who are defeated join together, they may form a 
group and revolt against the present king. Similarly deserters may have their 
loyalty elsewhere and that is why they deserted. Hence the present king has to 
be alert while dealing with such kind of people. That is being advised by raama 
to bharathaa. 

kachchidh vyapaasthaan ahithaan prathiyaathaamscha sarvadhaa | 
dhurbalaan anavajnaaya varthasE ripusoodhana || 2-100- 37

ripusoodhana = oh, bharatha, the killer of enemies
vyapaasthaan ahithaan = those who were enemies earlier 
prathiyaathaam cha = refugees and returnees
sarvadhaa = always
dhurbalaan = incapable
anavajnaaya = treating
kachchidh varthasE = are you careful

meaning: raama warns bharathaa about the people who ran away in a war and then 
returned to the original place - hey bharathaa, are you careful about the 
people who were enemies earlier and others who deserted the place in the war 
time, about the refugees and returnees. Never treat them as incapable and be 
careful with these people.  

We will continue to see in next post how king dhasaratha kept his army full 
with horses elephants etc of high class breed.  You may ask why dhasarathaas 
army to be dealt in raama's governance. The reason is raama asks bharathaa hey 
bharathaa, the kind of army father kept, are you maintaining similar or 
depleted their strength. That is why we have to look into that. 

Dhasan
 
Vasudevan m.g.

Ps: as usual due to length considerations I am stopping here. 




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