| No. | Narada’s analytical question | What it is really about | How to calculate / measure today | Likely impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is the ruler awake when others sleep? | Leadership vigilance | Crisis-response time; absenteeism; decision delays | Administrative responsiveness |
| 2 | Is sufficient time devoted to Dharma, Artha and Kama? | Balance of state priorities | Composite allocation across justice, economy and social well-being | Balanced governance |
| 3 | Are wise and qualified ministers appointed? | Quality of political leadership | Qualification, experience, performance and conflict-of-interest scores | State capacity |
| 4 | Are secret counsels protected? | Strategic confidentiality | Security breaches; leaks; classified-information incidents | National security |
| 5 | Are the ministers united and competent? | Elite cohesion | Cabinet turnover; bureaucratic coordination failures | Policy stability |
| 6 | Is the state aware of friends, enemies and neutrals? | Strategic intelligence | Intelligence coverage; geopolitical risk mapping | Foreign-policy preparedness |
| 7 | Are spies and information systems functioning? | Information capacity | Intelligence quality; early-warning accuracy | Prevention of crises |
| 8 | Are state decisions taken after proper deliberation? | Quality of decision-making | Expert consultation; policy review; implementation success | Better governance |
| 9 | Is expenditure lower than income? | Fiscal prudence | Expenditure-to-revenue ratio; fiscal deficit | Economic sustainability |
| 10 | Are accounts reviewed regularly? | Financial transparency | Audit frequency; reconciliation lag; unexplained expenditure | Reduced corruption |
| 11 | Are salaries paid on time? | Administrative reliability | Salary arrears; payment delays | Institutional trust |
| 12 | Are soldiers and officials adequately compensated? | Human resource security | Wage adequacy; payment regularity | Loyalty and state capacity |
| 13 | Are capable persons rewarded? | Incentives and merit | Performance rewards; promotion efficiency | Productivity |
| 14 | Is agriculture flourishing? | Food and productive security | Agricultural productivity; farmer income; food self-sufficiency | Social stability |
| 15 | Are traders protected? | Commercial security | Trade costs; business security; dispute resolution | Economic expansion |
| 16 | Are cattle and productive resources protected? | Productive ecological wealth | Livestock health; resource sustainability | Long-term prosperity |
| 17 | Are lending and credit systems functioning properly? | Financial circulation | Credit access; interest burden; default levels | Economic mobility |
| 18 | Are farmers, traders and artisans encouraged? | Occupational ecology | Employment and income across productive sectors | Broad-based prosperity |
| 19 | Are roads and routes secure? | Infrastructure and connectivity | Road quality; logistics time; accident and crime rates | Market integration |
| 20 | Are forts and strategic centres secure? | Territorial defence | Security readiness; infrastructure resilience | Sovereignty |
| 21 | Is the army trained and loyal? | Defence capacity | Training levels; readiness; morale | National security |
| 22 | Are soldiers paid and cared for? | Military welfare | Salary delays; casualty support; retention | Force effectiveness |
| 23 | Are enemy plans properly assessed? | Strategic foresight | Threat assessment accuracy; scenario planning | Reduced strategic surprise |
| 24 | Is war avoided when possible? | Diplomacy and proportionality | Diplomatic settlement rate; conflict escalation index | Peace and stability |
| 25 | Is civilian and productive life protected during conflict? | Limits on warfare | Civilian casualties; damage to farms and infrastructure | Post-conflict recovery |
| 26 | Are forts, borders and settlements protected? | Multi-layered security | Border breaches; local security indicators | Civilizational resilience |
| 27 | Are judges impartial and competent? | Rule of law | Case disposal; appeal reversals; judicial independence | Public trust |
| 28 | Are punishments proportionate? | Justice and legitimacy | Sentencing consistency; wrongful-conviction rate | Social stability |
| 29 | Are the innocent protected from wrongful punishment? | Procedural justice | Acquittal-after-detention; wrongful prosecution | State legitimacy |
| 30 | Are the old, poor and vulnerable protected? | Welfare responsibility | Social protection coverage; elderly poverty | Human security |
| 31 | Are women protected from violence and insecurity? | Social security | Gender violence rates; safety perception | Social well-being |
| 32 | Are learned people, physicians and skilled persons respected? | Knowledge capacity | Research capacity; professional retention | Civilizational capability |
| 33 | Is the health of the ruler and society protected? | Public health | Life expectancy; disease burden; health access | Human capital |
| 34 | Is education continuously supported? | Knowledge reproduction | Literacy, learning outcomes and knowledge transmission | Long-term civilizational continuity |
| 35 | Are public servants free from corruption? | Administrative ethics | Corruption cases; service-delivery leakages | State trust |
| 36 | Are people able to express grievances? | Feedback mechanisms | Complaint resolution rate; public consultation | Governance correction |
| 37 | Is the population satisfied and secure? | Social confidence | Trust surveys; safety perception; migration pressures | Political stability |
| 38 | Are local customs and social arrangements understood? | Civilizational intelligence | Policy alignment with local realities | Policy legitimacy |
| 39 | Is wealth spent on proper purposes? | Civilizational expenditure | Share of spending on productive, social and strategic assets | Long-term development |
| 40 | Is the state progressing without exhausting society? | Sustainable prosperity | GDP alongside ecological, social and institutional indicators | Civilizational viability |
| No. | Narada’s Analytical Question | What It Is Really About | How to Calculate / Measure Today | Likely Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Are warriors and public servants rewarded according to their service and sacrifice? | Recognition and Reward Governance | Merit-reward ratio; promotion fairness; veterans’ benefits; performance recognition | Institutional loyalty and morale |
| 42 | Are the families of those who die in service to the state properly protected? | State Responsibility to Dependents | Family compensation coverage; pension adequacy; survivor support | Long-term trust in state service |
| 43 | Are soldiers and officials prevented from becoming discontented through delayed payment or neglect? | Organizational Discontent Analytics | Wage delays; grievance rates; attrition; morale surveys | Internal stability |
| 44 | Does the state distinguish between genuinely loyal servants and opportunists? | Loyalty and Institutional Intelligence | Integrity records; desertion rates; conflict-of-interest indicators | State resilience |
| 45 | Are military decisions based on the actual strength of one’s own forces and the enemy’s forces? | Relative Capability Assessment | Force readiness ratio; capability gap; war-gaming outcomes | Strategic rationality |
| 46 | Is expansion pursued only when the state possesses adequate internal strength? | Strategic Capacity Before Expansion | Fiscal capacity; military readiness; administrative absorption capacity | Prevents imperial overstretch |
| 47 | Are conquered territories administered rather than merely occupied? | Post-Conquest Governance | Service restoration; local administrative capacity; conflict recurrence | Political integration |
| 48 | Are defeated enemies treated with strategic restraint rather than unnecessary cruelty? | Post-Conflict Legitimacy | Civilian harm; prisoner treatment; post-conflict reconciliation | Long-term stability |
| 49 | Are productive populations protected during military campaigns? | Economic Security in Conflict | Agricultural loss; infrastructure damage; civilian displacement | Civilizational continuity |
| 50 | Does the ruler control his own desires and impulses? | Leadership Self-Regulation | Conflict-of-interest record; corruption indicators; decision volatility | Quality of governance |
| No. | Nārada’s Analytical Question | What It Is Really About | How to Calculate / Measure Today | Likely Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | When an enemy is in distress, do you inspect the three parts of your force and swiftly advance, knowing that the rear of the army can become the root of defeat? | Military Readiness and Strategic Timing Analytics | Force readiness rate; logistics preparedness; mobilisation time; command responsiveness; vulnerability of supply and rear formations | Determines whether a state can convert strategic opportunity into successful action without creating avoidable vulnerabilities |
| 52 | Do you pay wages to your soldiers in advance? | Military Compensation Security Analytics | Percentage of salaries paid on or before due date; advance-payment availability; payment-processing time | Improves morale, loyalty and operational concentration while reducing financial insecurity |
| 53 | Do you distribute wealth from a defeated enemy among the chiefs of your army according to what they deserve? | Merit-Based Reward and Resource Distribution Analytics | Reward-performance correlation; promotion fairness; distribution according to documented contribution; perception-of-fairness surveys | Strengthens military loyalty and creates incentives for extraordinary service |
| 54 | After controlling yourself and your senses, do you seek to defeat enemies enslaved by their passions and senses? | Leadership Self-Control and Strategic Discipline Analytics | Corruption and conflict-of-interest indicators; executive misconduct; impulsive policy reversals; decision consistency under pressure | Reduces leadership risk and prevents a state from being weakened by the personal failures of its rulers |
| 55 | Before marching against enemies, do you employ sāma, dāna, daṇḍa and bheda according to their qualities? | Graduated Conflict and Diplomatic Strategy Analytics | Share of disputes addressed through negotiation, incentives, coercive pressure and strategic intelligence before escalation; conflict-resolution ladder | Encourages proportional response and avoids unnecessary military expenditure |
| 56 | Do you first strengthen your base before marching out? Do you attack to win and, having won, do you protect? | Strategic Base and Consolidation Analytics | Domestic fiscal stability; internal security; supply capacity; post-conflict governance readiness; territorial consolidation rate | Prevents overextension and converts temporary victory into durable political stability |
| 57 | Does your army possess the necessary divisions and support systems, well trained by superior officers and capable of defeating the enemy? | Integrated Force Structure Analytics | Joint-force readiness; combined-arms capability; command integration; officer-training quality; logistics and intelligence support | Determines whether military components function as one coordinated strategic system |
| 58 | When attacking an enemy, do you avoid killing during seasons of sowing and harvesting? | Protection of Productive Life During Conflict Analytics | Agricultural disruption during conflict; crop-loss rate; destruction of irrigation and rural infrastructure; food-security impact | Protects long-term economic capacity and prevents military action from destroying the population’s productive base |
| 59 | Do the various agents in your kingdom and in enemy territories perform their appointed tasks and protect one another? | Coordinated Intelligence Network Analytics | Intelligence-source reliability; inter-agency coordination; mission completion; cross-unit information flow; agent protection | Reduces intelligence fragmentation and improves strategic awareness |
| 60 | Are those responsible for your food, garments and personal goods approved and trusted by you? | Leadership Security and Insider-Risk Analytics | Personnel vetting; background verification; insider-threat detection; access-control compliance | Protects the leadership and strategic decision-making structure from internal compromise |
| No. | Nārada’s analytical question | What it is really about | How to calculate / measure today | Likely impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Are treasury, granary, stable, gates, armoury and revenue departments guarded by loyal and proven servants? | Critical Infrastructure Security | Security breaches; background-vetting rate; resilience audits; insider-risk incidents | Protects the strategic and economic core of the state |
| 62 | Do you protect yourself from private and public servants, and prevent conflict among them and your relatives? | Leadership and Insider-Risk Governance | Insider-threat incidents; political infighting; protection failures; conflict-of-interest cases | Reduces palace, bureaucratic and elite instability |
| 63 | Are your personal pleasures and indulgences excessively known to others? | Leadership Vulnerability Analytics | Blackmail exposure; misconduct risk; security vulnerabilities; personal-risk assessments | Prevents private weakness from becoming a public-security threat |
| 64 | Are expenses covered within half, a third or a quarter of revenue? | Fiscal Sustainability Analytics | Expenditure-to-revenue ratio; fiscal deficit; debt burden; primary balance | Prevents fiscal exhaustion and state insolvency |
| 65 | Do you sustain relatives, elders, merchants, artisans, dependents, the helpless and the distressed? | Social Welfare Analytics | Social-protection coverage; poverty reduction; elderly support; livelihood assistance | Strengthens human security and social cohesion |
| 66 | Do accountants and writers regularly report revenue and expenditure? | Financial Accountability Analytics | Reporting frequency; audit lag; budget transparency; unreconciled accounts | Improves fiscal control and reduces leakage |
| 67 | Do you avoid dismissing loyal and capable servants without reason? | Institutional Continuity Analytics | Arbitrary dismissal rate; tenure stability; employee grievance data | Protects institutional memory and morale |
| 68 | Having identified the good, indifferent and bad, do you appoint each to the right position? | Human Resource Allocation Analytics | Competency-role match; performance assessment; promotion quality | Improves administrative effectiveness |
| 69 | Do you appoint the avaricious, dishonest, quarrelsome or immature to office? | Ethical Recruitment Analytics | Integrity screening; misconduct history; conflict indicators; qualification checks | Prevents corruption and institutional capture |
| 70 | Is the kingdom oppressed by harmful persons, and are the farmers content? | Rural Governance and Administrative Ethics | Farmer satisfaction; rural distress; predatory enforcement; land and agricultural grievance rates | Determines rural legitimacy and productive stability |
| 71 | Are tanks large, full and properly distributed so that crops do not fail because of lack of rainfall? | Water Infrastructure Analytics | Water-storage capacity; irrigation coverage; reservoir functionality; drought-loss reduction | Increases agricultural resilience and water security |
| 72 | During scarcity, do you provide charitable or low-cost loans for food and seed? | Agricultural Finance and Crisis Credit Analytics | Emergency agricultural credit; interest rates; seed access; farmer indebtedness | Prevents productive collapse and debt distress |
| 73 | Are occupations carried out by honest persons? | Occupational Ethics Analytics | Licensing integrity; professional misconduct; fraud rates; compliance | Sustains trust in productive and professional life |
| 74 | Does the happiness of the world depend upon the proper functioning of occupations? | Occupational Ecology Analytics | Employment stability; occupational diversity; essential-service continuity | Connects economic health with the social division of work |
| 75 | Are those entrusted with important duties brave and wise? | Functional Leadership Analytics | Competency assessments; leadership quality; crisis performance | Ensures critical functions are handled by capable persons |
| 76 | Are entrusted officials trustworthy and capable of working together for the countryside? | Collaborative Governance Analytics | Inter-agency coordination; joint outcomes; trust and performance measures | Improves integrated rural and regional development |
| 77 | Is the village guarded like a city, and the hamlet like a village? | Layered Territorial Security Analytics | Rural police coverage; local emergency response; settlement-level security | Extends state protection beyond urban centres |
| 78 | Are remote regions under your supervision? | Peripheral Governance Analytics | Administrative reach; service access; infrastructure gaps; border and remote-area coverage | Prevents territorial neglect and regional alienation |
| 79 | Are thieves and looters actively pursued across all terrain? | Internal Security Analytics | Crime rate; case-clearance rate; police response; organised-crime disruption | Maintains public order and confidence |
| 80 | Do you comfort and protect women? | Social Protection and Women’s Security Analytics | Safety indicators; access to justice; protection and support systems | Strengthens social security and dignity |
| 81 | Do you maintain appropriate discretion regarding confidential state matters? | Information and Confidentiality Analytics | Classified-information breaches; access-control compliance; intelligence leaks | Protects strategic decision-making |
| 82 | After receiving intelligence and considering necessary action, can you rest in security? | Integrated Security Awareness Analytics | Intelligence-to-action time; threat closure rate; unresolved critical risks | Measures whether information is actually converted into security |
| 83 | After rest, do you awaken at the proper time and reflect upon Dharma and Artha? | Reflective Leadership Analytics | Strategic review cycles; ethics and economic-policy assessment | Prevents governance from becoming reactive and unbalanced |
| 84 | Do you understand the significance of time and appear publicly in a proper and organised manner? | Leadership Time and Public-Presence Analytics | Schedule discipline; decision timing; public accountability; executive accessibility | Builds authority and administrative order |
| 85 | Are trained guards and protective systems properly assigned to you? | Executive Protection Analytics | Protection readiness; breach incidents; security audit scores | Protects continuity of political leadership |
| 86 | In punishment and honour, are you impartial even towards those you like or dislike? | Impartial Governance Analytics | Equality before law; patronage bias; disciplinary consistency | Builds justice and legitimacy |
| 87 | Are bodily ailments treated through medicine and discipline, and mental distress addressed through appropriate care and wisdom? | Holistic Public Health Analytics | Health outcomes; preventive care; mental-health access; healthy-life expectancy | Expands state responsibility from survival to human well-being |
| 88 | Are physicians skilled, trusted and devoted to the welfare of those they serve? | Health System Capacity Analytics | Physician density; qualifications; quality outcomes; workforce retention | Determines reliability of the health system |
| 89 | Are those seeking justice or livelihood heard rather than dismissed through greed, delusion or pride? | Access to Justice and Welfare Analytics | Case admission rates; grievance resolution; benefit exclusion rates; administrative accessibility | Protects citizens from arbitrary exclusion |
| 90 | Do citizens, including those influenced by external enemies, unite and rise against the state? | Social Cohesion and Internal Stability Analytics | Trust in government; foreign influence; insurgency risk; protest and polarisation indicators | Detects the risk of internal political breakdown |
| 91 | Is a weak enemy restrained appropriately, and a strong enemy managed through counsel, force or both? | Adaptive Strategic Response Analytics | Proportionality; threat-response matching; conflict-management outcomes | Prevents both underreaction and strategic overextension |
| 92 | Are subordinate rulers and leaders devoted to the larger political order? | Elite Cohesion and Federal Stability Analytics | Subnational cooperation; elite defection; centre-periphery coordination | Strengthens political integration |
| 93 | Do you respect learned and righteous persons according to their knowledge and qualities? | Knowledge and Ethical Capital Analytics | Expert inclusion; knowledge-institution support; respect for independent expertise | Strengthens long-term intellectual capacity |
| 94 | Do you follow Dharma through its recognised sources and inherited principles? | Normative Continuity Analytics | Rule consistency; constitutional legitimacy; institutional continuity | Prevents arbitrary power and normative rupture |
| 95 | Do you continue the legitimate rituals and practices followed by earlier generations? | Civilizational Continuity Analytics | Cultural participation; institutional continuity; heritage vitality | Maintains intergenerational civilizational memory |
| No. | Nārada’s analytical question | What it is really about | How to calculate / measure today | Likely impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | Are qualified Brahmanas offered food and dakṣiṇā? | Knowledge and Sacred Patronage Analytics | Support for scholarship, cultural institutions and knowledge communities; adequacy of institutional patronage | Sustains the intellectual and normative institutions of civilization |
| 97 | With steadfastness and self-control, do you perform Vājapeya, Puṇḍarīka and other sacrifices? | Ritual Discipline and Institutional Continuity Analytics | Continuity of major civilizational institutions; institutional participation; preservation of ritual knowledge | Maintains collective continuity and disciplined cultural reproduction |
| 98 | Do you show reverence to relatives, elders, deities, ascetics, sacred places, welfare-giving trees and learned persons? | Civilizational Respect and Social Ecology Analytics | Intergenerational respect; heritage protection; sacred-site preservation; community participation; ecological-cultural protection | Strengthens social continuity and respect for civilizational institutions |
| 99 | Is your intelligence and conduct such that it promotes long life, fame and the causes of Dharma, Kāma and Artha? | Integrated Human Flourishing Analytics | Composite index of health, ethical governance, prosperity and well-being | Measures whether governance advances multiple dimensions of human flourishing |
| 100 | Does such conduct protect the kingdom from destruction and contribute to lasting happiness? | Civilizational Resilience Analytics | Long-term institutional stability; crisis survival; state-continuity indicators; social resilience | Tests the overall durability of political order |
| 101 | Are the innocent protected from false charges, while actual offenders are not released through corruption or favour? | Justice Integrity Analytics | Wrongful conviction rate; conviction integrity; evidence quality; corruption in prosecution and adjudication | Produces trust in the justice system and reduces arbitrary rule |
| 102 | Do advisers avoid being corrupted by bribes when disputes arise between the poor and the rich? | Anti-Corruption and Equality Before Justice Analytics | Bribery rates; judicial corruption cases; disparity in legal outcomes between economic groups | Protects justice from wealth-based distortion |
| 103 | Do you avoid the fourteen royal vices? | Leadership Risk and Governance Failure Analytics | Composite assessment of dishonesty, anger, negligence, delay, anti-intellectualism, secrecy failures, policy non-implementation and addiction | Identifies internal causes of leadership and state decline |
| 104 | Is your study of the Vedas successful? | Knowledge Application Analytics | Knowledge-to-practice outcomes; quality of learning; demonstrated competence rather than credential possession | Distinguishes genuine learning from accumulation of information |
| 105 | Are your riches successful? | Wealth Utilisation Analytics | Productive investment; charitable expenditure; household and social wealth circulation | Measures whether wealth serves life beyond accumulation |
| 106 | Is your marriage successful? | Family Stability Analytics | Family stability; relationship quality; intergenerational continuity; household well-being | Connects private stability with social continuity |
| 107 | Is your learning successful? | Educational Outcome Analytics | Learning outcomes; behavioural application; ethical and professional competence | Measures whether education produces capability and conduct |
| 108 | How does the study of the Vedas become successful? | Knowledge Realisation Analytics | Degree to which learning is translated into practice and institutional transmission | Moves education from possession of knowledge to its meaningful application |
| 109 | How do riches become successful? | Wealth Circulation and Social Responsibility Analytics | Consumption quality; productive expenditure; philanthropy; social contribution | Prevents wealth from becoming economically and socially stagnant |
| 110 | How does marriage become successful? | Family Continuity Analytics | Family well-being; stability; intergenerational support and continuity | Sustains the reproductive and social foundations of civilization |
| 111 | How does learning become successful? | Character Formation Analytics | Conduct outcomes; ethical behaviour; application of learning; public responsibility | Links education with character rather than information alone |
| 112 | Do officials collecting trade taxes take only the agreed taxes from merchants who come from afar? | Trade Governance and Tax Integrity Analytics | Customs compliance; effective versus statutory tax rates; informal payments; trader grievance rates | Creates confidence in long-distance trade and reduces extractive administration |
| 113 | Are merchants treated properly and not deceived when they bring goods into the kingdom? | Commercial Trust Analytics | Trader protection; fraud rates; contract enforcement; business grievance resolution | Encourages commerce and market expansion |
| 114 | Do you listen to aged and experienced persons who understand Dharma and Artha? | Intergenerational Knowledge Analytics | Use of senior expertise; institutional memory; advisory diversity; elder participation in policy processes | Reduces policy blindness and preserves accumulated experience |
| 115 | Are offerings and support used to promote crops, cattle, flowers, fruit, Dharma and Artha? | Agrarian and Civilizational Regeneration Analytics | Agricultural productivity; livestock health; biodiversity; ecological-cultural support | Connects economic prosperity with regenerative life systems |
| 116 | Are artisans given materials, implements and wages for sustained periods? | Industrial Capacity and Labour Support Analytics | Access to productive inputs; tool and machinery availability; wage regularity; artisan and MSME survival | Strengthens manufacturing capacity and skilled production |
| 117 | Do you examine work and praise the creator? | Quality Assessment and Recognition Analytics | Quality evaluation; innovation recognition; performance-based awards | Encourages craftsmanship, excellence and innovation |
| 118 | Do you honour good persons among good people? | Merit and Virtue Recognition Analytics | Recognition of public contribution; transparent honours; peer recognition | Builds a culture that visibly rewards excellence and ethical conduct |
| 119 | Do you follow the sūtras, especially those concerning elephants, horses and chariots? | Technical Knowledge and Applied Systems Analytics | Maintenance standards; technical manuals; specialised training; equipment readiness | Preserves the applied knowledge needed for strategic and economic capacity |
| 120 | Are the sciences of weapons, instruments and city architecture regularly studied? | Scientific and Technical Capacity Analytics | R&D expenditure; technical education; engineering capacity; urban-planning competence; innovation outputs | Determines long-term technological and infrastructural capacity |
| 121 | Are you familiar with weapons, Brahma-daṇḍa and poisons that can destroy enemies? | Strategic Threat and Dangerous Knowledge Analytics | CBRN preparedness; weapons awareness; threat intelligence; defensive research capacity | Improves national preparedness against high-impact threats |
| 122 | Do you protect the kingdom against fear from fire, snakes, predators, disease and rakṣasas? | Disaster and Comprehensive Risk Governance Analytics | Disaster readiness; disease surveillance; fire safety; animal and environmental hazard management; all-hazard preparedness | Protects society from threats beyond war and politics |
| 123 | Knowing the ways of Dharma, do you nurture like a father the blind, mute, disabled, deformed, orphaned and mendicant ascetics? | Inclusive Welfare and Civilizational Care Analytics | Disability inclusion; orphan protection; social protection coverage; accessibility; support for dependent and vulnerable populations | Measures the humane and inclusive capacity of the state |