सम्यकप्रणीतया नीत्या नाधर्मो विद्यते व चित्। तस्माद्राजभयात्सर्वे रक्षन्तीह परस्परम्॥ बाणा इव मया मुक्ता इह रक्षन्ति मे प्रजाः। तथापि त्वं महाबाहो प्रजा रक्षस्व तत्परः॥
samyakapraṇītayā nītyā nādharmo vidyate va cit| tasmādrājabhayātsarve rakṣantīha parasparam|| bāṇā iva mayā muktā iha rakṣanti me prajāḥ| tathāpi tvaṃ mahābāho prajā rakṣasva tatparaḥ||
English Meaning
Royal policy if properly adopted, impiety can stand nowhere. It is for the fear of the king that people protect one another. And although laws, instituted by the are protecting the subjects like so many arrows, still, O you having long arms, do you be engaged in governing the subjects.”
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)