A king should, forsooth, consider his subjects as his own children. In settling their disputes, however, he should not show any mercy.
यथा पुत्रास्तथा पौत्रा द्रष्टव्यास्ते न संशयः। भक्तिश्चैषां न कर्तव्या व्यवहारे प्रदर्शिते॥