If it is necessary to determine what is good and what bad in the world, attend to the scriptures. In those scriptures. In those scriptures it has been ordained that kings should stand with the rod of punishment uplifted in their hands.
अथाभिपत्तिर्लोकस्य कर्तव्या पुण्यपापयोः। अभिपन्नमिदं लोके राज्ञामुद्यतदण्डनम्॥