The ordinary injunctions of the scriptures, without exceptions of any kind, should be followed by a king at such times, while following those scriptures, an intelligent king would do something more.
यदैव प्राकृतं शास्त्रमविशेषेण वर्तते। तदैवमभ्यसेदेवं मेधावी वाप्यथोत्तरम्॥