O foremost of virtuous persons, hear now what you ask viz., the merit that a king acquires when the duties are practised by others leading other modes of life.
यत्तु लिङ्गान्तरगतं पृच्छसे मां युधिष्ठिर। धर्मं धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ तन्निबोध नराधिप॥