The sin, a king incurs by neglecting for a single day to protect his subjects from fear, is such that his sufferings are not terminated in hell till after a thousand years.
यदह्ना कुरुते पापमरक्षन् भयतः प्रजाः। राजा वर्षसहस्रेण तस्यान्तमधिगच्छति॥