A king, O monarch, who inflicts punishments duly and according to the dictates of the science of punishment, commits no sin by the act. On the other hand, he acquires eternal merit.
सम्यक् प्रणयतो दण्डं भूमिपस्य विशाम्पते। युक्तस्य वा नास्त्यधर्मो धर्म एव हि शाश्वतः॥