One should turn away from the king's property as he would from death itself. A person, by taking what belongs to the king, soon meets with destruction like a deer upon touching poison.
तस्य सर्वाणि रक्ष्याणि दूरतः परिवर्जयेत्। मृत्योरिव जुगुप्सेत राजस्वहरणान्नरः॥