The king should protect the riches of those that are old, of those that are minors, of those that are blind, and of those that are otherwise disqualified. The king should never take any money from his people, if they, in a season of drought, succeed in growing any corn with the help of water obtained from wells. Nor should he take any wealth from weeping women.
वृद्धबालधनं रक्ष्यमन्धस्य कृपणस्य च। न खातपूर्वं कुर्वीत न रुदन्ती धनं हरेत्॥