That king in whose city justice is administered properly which leads to the fining the plaintiff or the defendant, if his case is untrue, and in which criminal laws are administered after the manner of Shankha and Likhita, acquires the merit of sovereignty.
व्यवहारश्च नगरे यस्य कर्मफलोदयः। दृश्यते शंखलिखितः स धर्मफलभाङ् नृपः॥