Do you give to your soldiers they proper rations and pay at (the appointed) time? Surely you do not oppress them by withholding from them (their rations and pay).
कच्चिद् बलस्य भक्तं च वेतनं च यथोचितम्। सम्प्राप्तकाले दातव्यं ददासि न विकर्षसि॥