The king should increase the burden of his subjects by and by like a person gradually increasing the load of a young bullock. Treating them with care and mildness, he should at last put the reins on them.
दमयत्रिव दम्यानि शश्वद् भारं विवर्धयेत्। मृदुपूर्व प्रयत्नेन पाशानभ्यवहारयेत्॥