O ruler of earth, after comparing the opposing virtues and weighing their comparative merits, one ought to espouse that which is not opposing. Where there is no confliction, one should adopt that virtue which preponderates.
विरोधिषु महीपाल निश्चित्य गुरुलाघवम्। न बाधा विद्यते यत्र तंधर्म समुपाचरेत्॥ गुरुलाघवमादायधर्माधर्मविनिश्चये। यतो भूयास्ततो राजन् कुरुष्वधर्मनिश्चयम्॥