The king should fear him from whom there is no fear; he should also always fear them who should be feared. Fear rising from a person who is not feared, may bring on total extermination.
अशङ्कयमपि शङ्केत नित्यं शङ्केत शङ्कितात्। भयं ह्यशङ्कितात्जातं समूलमपि कृन्तति॥