O king, always protected by punishment, the subjects, increase the might of their ruler. It is for this that punishment is regarded as the highest refuge of all.
दण्डेन रक्ष्यमाणा हि राजनहरहः प्रजाः। राजानं वर्धयन्तीह तस्माद् दण्डः परायणम्॥