Know, O foremost of men, that the very lives of creatures depend upon it. The greatest merit of a king consists in his acquaintance with the science of punishment and administering it properly.
यस्यां भवन्ति भूतानि तद् विद्धि मनुजर्षभ। एष एव परो धर्मो यद् राजा दण्डनीतिमान्॥