The treasury can never be replenished without oppressing others. How then can the army be maintained without oppression? The king, therefore, in times of difficulty, commits no sin by oppressing his subjects for filling the treasury.
नान्यानपीडयित्वेह कोशः शक्यः कुतो बलम्। तदर्थं पीडयित्वा च दोषं प्राप्तुं न सोऽर्हति॥