One who is capable to win over all men by conciliation should be consulted, O monarch, by the king, who wishes to rule according to the dictates of the science of punishment.
सर्वलोकमिमं शक्तः सान्त्वेन कुरुते वशे। तस्मै मन्त्रः प्रयोक्तव्यो दण्डमाधित्सता नृप।॥