एतदर्थं हि राज्यानि प्रशासति नराधिपाः। यदेषां सर्वकृत्येषु मनो न प्रतिहन्यते ॥
etadarthaṃ hi rājyāni praśāsati narādhipāḥ| yadeṣāṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu mano na pratihanyate ||
English Meaning
It is for this that those lords of men, kings, govern, viz., that others may not thwart their purposes.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)