If the denizens of the cities and the provinces be poor, the king should, whether they depend upon him directly or indirectly, show them mercy to the best of his power.
पौरजानपदान् सर्वान् संश्रितोपाश्रितांस्तथा। यथाशक्त्यनुकम्पेत सर्वान् स्वल्पधनानपि॥