balaṁ pañcavidhaṁ nityaṁ puruṣāṇāṁ nibodha me |
yattu bāhubalaṁ nāma kaniṣṭhaṁ balamucyate || 195 ||
amātyalābho bhadraṁ te dvitīyaṁ balamucyate |
dhanalābhastṛtīyaṁ tu balamāhurjigīṣavaḥ || 196 ||
yattvasya sahajaṁ rājan pitṛ paitā mahaṁ balam |
abhijātabalaṁ nāma taccaturthaṁ balaṁ smṛtam || 197 ||
yena tvetāni sarvāṇi saṅgṛhītāni bhārata |
yad balānāṁ balaṁ śreṣṭhaṁ tatprajñābalamucyate || 198 ||
There are five different kinds of power O King, of these physical strength is regarded as the
most inferior kind. The acquisition of good counsellors is regarded as the second kind of
power. The power of wealth is the third. The power of privilege acquired by birth is regarded
as the fourth. That, however, by which all these are achieved, and which is the foremost of all
kinds of power, is called the power of the intellect.
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