राजभिभृतदण्डाश्च कृत्वा पापानि मानवाः। निर्मलाः स्वर्गमायान्ति सन्तः सुकृतिनो यथा॥ शासनाद् वापि मोक्षाद् वा स्तेनः पापात् प्रमुच्यते। राजा त्वशासन् पापस्य तदवाप्नोति किल्विषम्॥
rājabhibhṛtadaṇḍāśca kṛtvā pāpāni mānavāḥ| nirmalāḥ svargamāyānti santaḥ sukṛtino yathā|| śāsanād vāpi mokṣād vā stenaḥ pāpāt pramucyate| rājā tvaśāsan pāpasya tadavāpnoti kilviṣam||
English Meaning
Those who, perpetrating iniquity, bear with fortitude the punishment, inflicted by their sovereign get at the abode of the celestials being purified like to the pious. People are freed from their sins, when they confessing their crimes, are either punished or forgiven. But the monarch who does not punish the perpetrator of an evil deed, is visited by a mighty sin.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)