For these reasons, the king, should mildly colleci wealth from his subjects. If a king continually oppresses his people, he is destroyed like a flash of lighting that shines only for a second.
तस्माद् राजा प्रगृहीतः प्रजासु मूलं लक्ष्म्याः सर्वशो ह्याददीत। दीर्घ कालं ह्यपि सम्पीड्यमानो विद्युत्सम्पातमपि वा नोजितः स्यात्॥