Thursday 21 May 2020

Human Resource Management in Valmiki Ramayana



In the Valmiki Ramayana, Ayodhya Kanda Chapter 100 Verses 22 to 35 Lord Rama enquires from his brother Bharata about how he manages his human resources

  1. I hope you prefer one learned man to thousand man to thousands of fools inasmuch as a learned man is calculated to do immense good in financial crises.
  2. I hope high-class servants are entrusted by you with important duties, middling ones with second-rate affairs and third-grade servants with menial duties.
  3. I hope you entrust first-rate ministers, who are past(all) tests (of loyalty), are hereditary servants of the crown and honest, with the highest duties.
  4. He who does not get rid of a physician adept in devices of aggravating a malady, a servant intent on bringing disgrace (to his master) and a gallant warrior seeking kingly power is (himself) killed (by these).
  5. I hope a man who is (ever) pleased and full of resolution, gallant and talented, spotless (of character) and well-born , devoted and clever, has been appointed (by you) as the generalissimo?
  6. I hope you distribute (daily) provisions and disburse the (monthly) salary due to them at the opportune time in a suitable manner and do not defer their payment.
  7. Salaried servants surely and positively get enraged even at their master when the distribution of their provisions and the disbursal of their salary are delayed and that (itself) is a very great harm done (to the State).
  8. Has a man of your own state, who is learned, clever, ready-witted and capable of delivering messages correctly, nay, who is able to distinguish between right and wrong been appointed by you as an ambassador, O Bharata?
  9. I hope you remain ever mindful of your enemies expelled (from their home by you) and since returned, even though they are (apparently) weak, O destroyer of foes!
  10. I  hope all your workmen do not appear unhesitatingly before you nor are they kept (altogether) out of your sight. (In fact) a middle course is undoubtedly profitable in this behalf.
  11. Do you keep an eye on the eighteen functionaries of the enemies and the fifteen functionaries of your own side through three unknown spies told off for each?


3 comments:

v2inspired said...

Insightful learning's specially during Covid-19 times. Managing human resources is not all about using head but also heart. We often forget in this auto-driven world and a bot-era which is more focused on efficiency rather than pondering on effectiveness for human kind.

Vipul Dalal said...

Pujya Swamiji
Thank you for highlighting these lessons
Such great need of the hour human management lessons
Also, depicts how timeless & relevant our epics are specially in today’s world

Gautam said...

Thank you for sharing these Swamiji, imminent in today's times where HR managers have the role of a demi-God to play :-)