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Time honored conventions of the country had laid down a pattern of good behavior for kings. A good king was expected to observe unfailingly the ten kingly virtues. They

are-
1. Alms giving
2. Observing five precepts
3. To give aid to poor and needy
4. To be straightforward
5. To be soft-hearted
6. To restrain anger
7. Not to treat the subjects cruelly
8. To be kind
9. To be forgiving
10. Not to oppose people’s will
Apart from the king must possess eight virtues (Razagon) which are to act like
1. The sun
2. The moon
3. Yama Min
4. Thagyamin King of the Nats
5. The Ocean
6. The Rain
7. The Earth
8. The Wind
1. To act like the Sun means to collect the tax gradually, as the Sun’s rays rise slowly.
2. To act as Moon means to give collness and light to the people.
3. To act as Yama Min means to give decisions regardless of anybody depending only on his good and bad points.
4. To act as Ocean means to receive only what is due and not to demand from people.
5. To act as Thagyamin means to look after the good people and to protect them.
6. To act as Rain means to give equal rewards to the people for their services as shower of rains fell equally on everybody.
7. To act as Earth means that the king must be as firm and slid as the earth so everybody could depend on the king.
8. To act like the wind means that the wind can traverse every nook and corner, the king must be able to collect information about everyone-including highest officials to common folks.