. Men who want to flourish in the guise of servants of the people
do not want a good king at the head of the state. They are like the
kumud flowers, which do not take pleasure in the sunrise. The
word ku means ‘‘bad”’ and mud means ‘‘pleasure.’’ Persons who
want to exploit the administrative power for their own self-interest
do not like the presence of a good king. Although professing
democracy, they want themselves to be kings. Thus they com-

c pete for votes by bad propaganda and take pleasure in having

} politics but no king. Thieves and dacoits also take no pleasure in
the presence of a good king, but it is the interest of the people to
have a well-trained king as the head of the state.m

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