Giving repeated assurances to his wealthy subjects and the principal officers of the army, he should make the dwellers of the open country to take refuge in well-protected forts.
ये गुप्ताश्चैव दुर्गाश्च देशास्तेषु प्रवेशयेत्। धनिनो बलमुख्यांश्च सान्त्वयित्वा पुनः पुनः॥