तं हि नित्यं महाराजो बलवन्तं महौजसम्। उपाश्रितोऽभूद् धर्मात्मा मेरुमैरुवनं यथा ॥
taṃ hi nityaṃ mahārājo balavantaṃ mahaujasam| upāśrito'bhūd dharmātmā merumairuvanaṃ yathā ||
English Meaning
The monarch was ever protected by that powerful one possessed of mighty energy, as Meru is protected by its forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)