That king who, knowing proper place and time and following the injunctions of the scriptures, pardons even a nuinber of robbers, incurs no sin.
देशकालप्रतीक्षी यो दस्यून् मर्षयते नृपः। शास्त्रजां बुद्धिमास्थाय युज्यत्ते नैनसा हि सः॥