That Kshatriya, who, knowing. well the royal duties, take sovereignty upon himself, controlling his soul at all times, regarding that which is dear and that which is not in the same light and living upon the residue of sacrificial feats, who is engaged in restraining the wicked and cherishing the righteous, who compels his subjects to follow the path of virtue and who himself follows that path, who at last hands over his crown to his son and retires into the forest, there to live on the products of the forest and act according to the ordinances of the Vedas after having thrown off all idleness, that Kshatriya who acts thus, following the well-known duties of kings,-is sure to reap excellent fruits in both this world and the next. The final emancipation, you speak of, is lightly difficult to obtain, and its pursuit is attended with many obstacles.
यो हि राज्ये स्थितः शश्वद् वशी तुल्यप्रियाप्रियः॥ क्षत्रियो यज्ञशिष्टाशी राजा शास्त्रार्थतत्त्ववित्। असाधुनिग्रहरतः साधूनां प्रग्रहे रतः॥ धर्मवर्त्मनि संस्थाप्य प्रजा वर्तेत धर्मतः। पुत्रसंक्रामितश्रीश्च वने वन्येन वर्तयन्॥ विधिना श्रावणेनैव कुर्यात् कर्माण्यतन्द्रितः। य एवं वर्तते राजन् स राजा धर्मनिश्चितः॥ तस्यायं च परश्चैव लोकः स्यात् सफलोदयः। निर्वाणं हि सुदुष्प्राप्यं बहुविघ्नं च मे मतम्॥