यत् करोति परं धर्मं मुनिर्मूलफलाशनः। तत्र राज्ञश्चतुर्भागः प्रजा धर्मेण रक्षतः॥
yat karoti paraṃ dharmaṃ munirmūlaphalāśanaḥ| tatra rājñaścaturbhāgaḥ prajā dharmeṇa rakṣataḥ||
English Meaning
The king that protect his subjects righteously, is entitled to a fourth part of the great religious merit that is reaped by an ascetic subsisting on fruits and roots.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)