On the other hand, if kings, O foremost of men, do not protect the righteous people within their territories they then visited by the sins of the latter.
धर्मारामान् धर्मपरान् ये न रक्षन्ति मानवाान्। पार्थिवाः पुरुषव्याघ्र तेषां पापं हरन्ति ते॥