By doing good to them and by supporting the poor, the king becomes a mother to his people. By consuming the wicked he is regarded as fire, and by restraining the sinful he is called Yama.
सम्भावयति मातेव दीनमप्युपपद्यते। दहत्यग्निरिवानष्टान् यमयन्नसतो यमः॥