Of all creatures, they are superior who have betaken themselves to renunciation and abstained from acts both meritorious and sinful, I shall now tell you those acts which are best for a king.
त्यजतां जीवितं श्रेयो निवृत्ते पुण्यपापके। यत्त्वेव राज्ञो ज्यायिष्ठं कार्याणां तद् ब्रवीमि ते ॥